INGLES III (40175)

(AC-S09) Week 09- Task: Assignment – A Peruvian Legend.

STUDENTS:

1. Capcha Alcantara Iván Alexander.

2. Mendoza Inga Elsa Franshesca.

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 THE LEGEND OF MANCO CAPAC AND MAMA OCLLO, ALSO KNOWN AS
THE LEGEND OF LAKE TITICACA.

Legend has it that in the villages near Lake Titicaca, it all started because the people
lived like wild creatures; they had no religion or order whatsoever. The inhabitants of
these areas lived in a nomadic way; that is to say, they did not know any agricultural
strategies and did not have any material. That is why they walked around naked and
lived in caves and their diet consisted of gathering food and hunting animals.

Seeing this reality, the god Inti saw the need to send someone who could socialise these
men. Seeing this situation, the god Inti decided to send his son Manco Capac together
with his wife Mama Ocllo; with the mission of ordering and educating all the
inhabitants of the area.
It all began when Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo set out from the waters of Lake
Titicaca to fulfil the mission that their Father Inti (Sun) had entrusted to them.

They then headed northwest towards the Kollao region, taking with them a golden bar,
with which they were to test the fertility and firmness of the land in order to establish
their dwelling; where the bar sank, they were to populate and inhabit it. Whereupon
several days passed without the golden bar sinking into the earth.

Finally, one morning they awoke in a magnificent valley cordoned off by remarkable
slopes and mountains; one of the slopes called Huanacauri where the shining bar sank
without much effort. So Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo settled in this place and
founded the city of Cusco. Known today as the navel of the world and capital of the
Inca Empire. Manco Capac was in charge of building and teaching the men; agriculture,
fishing, construction of houses, science and respect for the god Inti and the apus. Mama
Ocllo was in charge of teaching the women domestic chores, such as weaving clothes to
protect them from the cold and/or heat, cooking and helping with domestic chores.