Awkillu Waqra

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Awkillu Waqra
Location Peru
Region Huánuco Region, Yarowilca Province

Awkillu Waqra or Awkilluwaqra (awkillu local Quechua word for apu (Andean mountain deity) [1] or grandfather, old man, waqra horn [2] Hispanicized spelling Auquilohuagra) is an archaeological site in Peru. It is situated in the Huánuco Region, Yarowilca Province, Obas District. [3] The site was declared a National Cultural Heritage of Peru by Resolución Directoral No. 786/INC of the National Institute of Culture on May 25, 2006. [3]

In the religion and mythology of Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia, apus are the spirits of the mountains - and sometimes solitary rocks and caves, that protect the local people in the highlands. The term dates back to the Inca Empire.

Horn (anatomy) anatomical feature

A horn is a permanent pointed projection on the head of various animals consisting of a covering of keratin and other proteins surrounding a core of live bone. Horns are distinct from antlers, which are not permanent. In mammals, true horns are found mainly among the ruminant artiodactyls, in the families Antilocapridae (pronghorn) and Bovidae.

Peru republic in South America

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.

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References

  1. ↑ Juan José Garda Miranda, Historia, religión y ritual de los pueblos ayacuchanos, Los santuarios de los Andes Centrales (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary
  3. 1 2 mincetur.gob.pe Archived February 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine . "Sitio arqueológico de Auquilohuagra", retrieved on February 6, 2014

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