Mama Quilla

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Mama Quilla is the Incan moon goddess, revered as a protector of women and marriage and associated with the regulation of time and festivals.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mama Quilla canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Incan deity ⓘ
goddess ⓘ
lunar deity ⓘ
associatedWith calendar ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
lunar calendar ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
menstruation ⓘ
silver ⓘ
women ⓘ
cosmicRole controls phases of the moon ⓘ
influences tides and natural cycles in Inca belief ⓘ
culture Inca civilization ⓘ
domain moon ⓘ
night ⓘ
function marking agricultural cycles ⓘ
measurement of months ⓘ
regulation of ritual calendar ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
importance major deity in Inca pantheon ⓘ
second in importance after Inti in some traditions ⓘ
materialSymbol silver ⓘ
mythologicalRole sister of Inti in some myths ⓘ
wife of Inti in some myths ⓘ
parentOf Mama Ocllo ⓘ
Manco Cápac ⓘ
children of the sun ⓘ
protectorOf married women ⓘ
wives ⓘ
women’s rights in marriage ⓘ
relative Inti ⓘ
Viracocha ⓘ
religion Inca religion ⓘ
role moon goddess ⓘ
protector of marriage ⓘ
protector of women ⓘ
regulator of festivals ⓘ
regulator of time ⓘ
spouse Inti ⓘ
symbol crescent moon ⓘ
full moon ⓘ
veneratedAs mother moon ⓘ
queen of the night ⓘ
worshippedBy Andean peoples ⓘ
Inca people ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inti → spouse → Mama Quilla ⓘ
Inti → relatedDeity → Mama Quilla ⓘ
Andean mythology → hasDeity → Mama Quilla ⓘ
Mama Killa → alsoKnownAs → Mama Quilla ⓘ
Hanan Pacha → associatedDeity → Mama Quilla ⓘ