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Thanks for watching 🥳. Help us grow by Subscribing ➕ Giving a Like 👍🏼 Dropping a comment 📥 Share 🤝. Tag your friends 🤩 Follow me on Instagram - @mythology.storyteller Illapa, the deity of thunder, rain, and lightning, was a prominent Inca deity in Inca mythology. After the sun divinity Inti, and the creation deity Viracocha, who were the ancestors of the Inca pantheon, Illapa was the most important Inca deity, since he is the one in charge of eliminating drought and enriching the land. Many cultures revered lightning and thunder as divine beings; for example, the deity Tlaloc is revered in Aztec mythology, while the deity Chaac is revered in Maya mythology. Illapa was highly worshiped for his association with fertility, considering rain is the source of all life. He was portrayed as a brilliantly dressed man with a club and a sling, who could summon rain, hail, and thunder with the help of the sling, which represented thunder. He was a deity that people feared because of the potential harm his incarnations could cause, since it was believed that this deity was in control of all weather phenomena. People attempted to avoid areas where lightning struck, because they were thought to be evil and dangerous. In order to bring rain, human and animal sacrifices were made in his honor. During times of drought, the Incas performed a number of rituals, one of which involved tying black dogs and not providing them with food or water for several days. When the animals cried out in pain, the Incas believed that the deity Illapa would be moved to compassion, and send rain to provide them with water, thus preventing their deaths. He was honored with pilgrimages to gold-encrusted temples in the highest mountains, and when the drought persisted, human sacrifices were made in his honor. These Inca sacrifices were always accompanied by dances and celebrations, in order to please the divinity, and thus end the imposing drought that devastated the entire region. Sources: https://pueblosoriginarios.com/sur/an... https://historiando.org/illapa/ #inca #peru #cusco #travel #machupicchu #southamerica #travelphotography #cuzco #perutravel #visitperu #incatrail #photography #myth #nature #cuscoperu #weather #incas #travelperu #sacredvalley #igersperu #rain #adventure #storms #incamythology #mythology #instatravel #folklore #andes #reels