Cave of Pacaritambo

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The Cave of Pacaritambo is a legendary site in Inca mythology believed to be the birthplace and emergence point of the first Inca ancestors who went on to found the Inca Empire.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cave of Pacaritambo canonical 1
cave of Pacaritambo 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legendary site in Inca mythology ⓘ
mythological place ⓘ
associatedDeityOrFigure Mama Ocllo ⓘ
Manco Cápac ⓘ
associatedGroup Inca royal lineage ⓘ
associatedWith Inca origin myth ⓘ
founding of Cusco ⓘ
origin of the Inca Empire ⓘ
culturalSignificance key element of Inca imperial ideology ⓘ
sacred origin place in Andean cosmology ⓘ
culture Inca civilization ⓘ
linked to: Inca people
describedAs birthplace of the first Inca ancestors ⓘ
emergence point of the first Incas ⓘ
etymology often interpreted as “inn of dawn” or “hostel of origin” in Quechua ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Pacariqtambo ⓘ
linked to: Pacaritambo

Pacaritambo ⓘ
hasFeature three windows ⓘ
hasLegendType foundation myth ⓘ
origin legend ⓘ
languageOfName Quechua ⓘ
locatedInNarrative region of Cusco ⓘ
linked to: Cusco Region
mentionedIn Inca oral tradition ⓘ
colonial-era chronicles about the Incas ⓘ
mythologicalFunction place of emergence of ancestral siblings ⓘ
symbolic place of creation for the Inca people ⓘ
relatedConcept Andean sacred geography ⓘ
Inca creation myths ⓘ
roleInMythology starting point of Inca migration to Cusco ⓘ
status legendary rather than archaeologically confirmed ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Manco Cápac → originLegend → Cave of Pacaritambo ⓘ
Ayar Cachi → imprisonedIn → cave of Pacaritambo ⓘ
linked to: Cave of Pacaritambo