Within the Andean/Incan cosmological fragments in the provided sources, 'hanan' operates as the 'upper' half of a tripartite cosmos and is instantiated as Hanan Pacha ('the Higher World'), a realm where many apu (mountain spirits) dwell and where principal sky deities such as Inti are located. The sources treat hanan as an ontological directional/polar element that helps organize sacred geography and the placement of deities, rather than as a personified deity with a birth, genealogy, or independent cult.
The provided sources contain no iconographic or descriptive material for a goddess named 'Hanan.' Instead, 'hanan' appears within compound epithets (for example, 'Inti Hanan Pacha') and as part of place or realm names. Modern secular occurrences of the string 'Hanan' in personal names, media titles, or performers appear in the corpus but are not mythic descriptions and do not supply a visual depiction of a supernatural Hanan.
No specific powers, behaviors, or agency are ascribed to an individual entity called Hanan in the available sources. Rather, the inhabitants and deities associated with Hanan Pacha (for example, Inti and many apu) are described in fragments as connected with light, order, masculine forces, and divine will; these attributes belong to beings of the Hanan realm rather than to a discrete goddess named Hanan.
Apu
In Andean (Inca-era and continuing) belief, an apu is the spirit of a mountain or a solitary rock, conceived as a localized, often anthropomorphic guardian presence associated with a particular peak or notable stone in Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia.
Inti
Inti is the principal Inca solar deity — a politicized and multilayered sun-power central to Inca state religion, agriculture, and dynastic legitimation. Treated as both the divine Sun and an ancestral source for the ruling lineage, Inti was worshipped in temples (notably Qurikancha), honored in seasonal rites such as the Inti Raymi, and served by an institutional priesthood.
Viracocha
Viracocha (Quechua Wiraqucha, Huiracocha) is the principal creator and civilizing deity in pre-Inca and Inca mythology, portrayed as the originator of the universe, time, and human society who emerges from watery places to bring light, order, and knowledge.
Mama Quilla
Mama Quilla is the Inca goddess of the moon, described in sources as the ‘third power’ in Inca religion. She is presented as daughter of the creator Viracocha, sister and wife of the sun-god Inti, mother of the culture-heroes Manco Cápac and Mama Uqllu, and associated with marriage, the menstrual cycle, protection of women, and the Inca calendar.
Community Record
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- [2]Inti (Incan sun god) - Marvunapp appendix. Marvunapp. 'Inti (Incan sun god)' (site appendix).other
- [3]Faith of Inti - MicrasWiki. MicrasWiki. 'Faith of Inti'.wiki
- [4]Hanan — Wikipedia (disambiguation). Wikipedia. 'Hanan' (disambiguation) page.wiki
- [5]Hanan — Wikidata entry Q20000218. Wikidata. 'Hanan' (Q20000218).wiki