Willkaqucha Explained

Willkaqucha
Pushpin Map:Peru
Location:Peru
Lima Region, Huaral Province
Coords:-11.1986°N -76.5106°W

Willkaqucha (Quechua willka grandchild / great-grandson / lineage / minor god in the Inca culture, an image of the Willkanuta valley worshipped as God / holy, sacred, divine, willka or wilka Anadenanthera colubrina (a tree), qucha lake)[1] [2] [3] hispanicized spelling Vilcacocha) is a lake in Peru. It is located in the Lima Region, Huaral Province, Andamarca District.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. Mariko Namba Walter,Eva Jane Neumann Fridman, Shamanism: An Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, and Culture, Vol. 1, p. 439
  4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaral Province (Lima Region)