Whale Ancestor-Spirit of Quechua

ancestor-spirit · Peru · South America

Not independently attested in Quechua tradition. Quechua/Inca are inland Andean people; whales do not exist in their territory. Inca sacred trilogy: condor (sky), puma (earth), serpent (underworld). No whale beings in Huarochirí Manuscript, Viracocha myths, or Inka animal symbolism. Whale ancestor-spirit is a fabricated conflation.

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