In the accounts summarized in modern reference sources, Vichama appears in a creation-era narrative. He is presented as a son of the sun god Inti. After his mother was murdered by his half-brother Pacha Kamaq (also spelled Pachacamac in some sources), Vichama took vengeance on the humans created by that god: he turned those humans into rocks and islands, and thereafter caused the birth of a new human race by hatching three eggs. These events are given as part of a mythic sequence concerning the remaking of humanity following divine violence (Wikipedia; Wikidata).
The provided source summaries supply no description of Vichama's physical appearance, iconography, or visual attributes. No primary-language depictions or iconographic details are recorded in the available materials (Wikipedia; Wikidata).
According to the summarized accounts, Vichama exercised punitive and creative powers. He avenged his mother's murder by transforming the humans created by Pacha Kamaq into landscape features such as rocks and islands, indicating a power of transmutation. He also produced a new human lineage by hatching three eggs from which a new race of humans was born, indicating a role in re-creation of humanity. Separately, an alternate brief attestation describes him as personifying the day, an attribution not elaborated in the sources (Wikipedia; Wikidata).
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.
Pacha Kamaq
Pacha Kamaq (Pachacámac) is a pan-regional creator and sustaining deity venerated on the central coast of Peru and incorporated into Inca imperial religion. Sources describe him as the creator/animator of the universe and a controller of cosmic balance, variously conceived as a personal god and as an impersonal, unseen principle.
Amaru (Inca mythology)
In Inca tradition, Amaru is a double-headed serpent representing infinity, knowledge, and cosmic renewal, with the ability to traverse worlds. (Note: - Power tier should be Ancient (Amaru's abilities suggest a deity-level power) - Origin story is missing - Wards and weaknesses are not mentioned in the source material, so they should be removed or r)
Atoq (Andean fox spirit) — Untested attestation
Atoq is presented in some modern summaries as an 'Andean fox spirit' associated with Inca-related material, but the single provided source (a general overview of Inca mythology) does not itself attest specific information about Atoq. This entry therefore limits claims to what the supplied source supports and notes absent evidence where appropriate.
Ayar Cachi
In Inca mythology, Ayar Cachi is one of the brothers of Manco Cápac and a significant figure in the origin myth of the Incas. (Note: 1. Power tier: Lower to Ancient (deity-level) since Ayar Cachi is described as one of Manco Cápac's brothers and shares an origin myth, but does not appear to possess cosmic powers. 2. Abilities: The )
Huayna Pacha
Deity in Inca mythology associated with the upper world or sky, connected to weather and natural phenomena. (Note: - Power tier: Should be Ancient, not Greater, as a deity is typically on a higher power level than regional. - Sensory cues, wards, and weaknesses: None mentioned in source material; should be deleted)
Mama Ipacura
A name that appears in some modern mentions as a feminine figure associated with Inca origin-cycle narratives; however, the supplied source set contains no primary descriptions or attestations of Mama Ipacura as a distinct, historically documented mythic personage. Most statements about her must therefore be treated as uncertain and extrapolated from the general category of Inca "Mama-" founding women.
Mama Ocllo
Deified mother and fertility goddess associated with the establishment of the city of Cusco and foundational power within Inca society. (Note: - Power tier: Primordial (due to her association with creation and foundational power) - Abilities: The text only mentions reproductive and maternal care powers, but it is likely that Mama Ocllo's abi)
Mama Pacha
Mama Pacha (commonly Pachamama) is an Andean/Inca deity and cosmological principle representing space-time, a maternal force that sustains life, fertility, and nature. She is presented in sources as an omnipresent, generative principle within Andean worldview rather than a narrowly localized spirit.
Mama Uqllu
Mama Uqllu (Hispanicized Mama Ocllo, Mama Occllo, Mama Okllo) is an Inca mother-figure and culture-founder associated with fertility, marriage, the menstrual cycle, and the transmission of domestic and civilizing arts (weaving, house-building). She is paired with Manco Cápac in foundation myths and appears in variant genealogies as child of either Inti and Mama Killa or of Viracocha and Mama Qucha.
Pacha (Inca mythology)
Cosmological concept representing the relationship between space and time in Inca mythology; an abstract entity embodying the interconnectedness of the physical world and time. (Note: 1. Power tier should be Primordial, but a note or explanation on how it fits into that category would help clarify its role as a fundamental cosmic relationship. 2. The summary could be more accurate,)
Vetala
A spirit that inhabits and reanimates corpses, possessing supernatural knowledge and the power to prophesy. One of the most feared beings in Shaiva tradition.
Vetala / Vetal (unsupported in supplied source)
The supplied source (a general article on ghosts in Bengali culture) does not mention or describe Vetala/Vetal. No information about a Vetala's nature, appearance, powers, rituals, or Maharashtrian variants is present in the provided material, so a Vetala entry cannot be reconstructed from that source alone.
Vidyārāja (Myō-ō / Wisdom King)
A class of wrathful, protective figures in East Asian Esoteric (Vajrayāna/mikkyō) Buddhism identified by the Sanskrit term Vidyārāja ("knowledge/spell-king") and commonly rendered in Japanese as Myō-ō. They function as fierce guardians, ritual enforcers of esoteric doctrine, and mandalic emanations tied to buddhas and tantric functions.
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