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[ismenin]

Hello there! A few of you have requested further reading on the fascinating Incas, and one person (not here) was questioning the undoubted fact that the Inca Royal Family were mummified. They were - and buried by the Spanish because it was idol worshipping.

These are a few titles I have found of interest over the years (the last 50, actually!) These are more recent studies if anyone is interested, but I feel I must point out that although my stories are fiction and therefore supposed to be FUN - I have only made up one major custom in these stories - now, go on, guess which it is!






"The Ice Maiden - Inca Mummies, Mountain Gods and Sacred Sites of the Andes", by Johan Reinard, National-Geographic-Explorer-in- Residence.

The Inca - Nigel Davies

The Lost City of Cuzco - Dr Nick Saunders

Inca Religion and Customs - Barnabo Cobo & roland Hamilton

History of the inca Realm - Maria Rotwarovski de Diaz Canseco

Inca Account of the Conquest of Peru = Titu Cusi Yupanqui & Ralph Bauer

Have fun - or...just read the stories. They'll tell you a LOT! xxxx

Comments

[lisabellex.livejournal.com]

The link doesn't lead to a book list, Issy!

*hugs*

:D

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

oh, no! It got lost in the ether! Will have to re-type the darn thing! Thanks, lovely girl! xxx

[lisabellex.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!

xxx

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

No, it was there. I missed out a quote mark!Typical me. Nice-But-Dim. Is happy now. :D

[lisabellex.livejournal.com]

Hehe. Always nice, never dim! Thank you for the list. I'm really keen to learn more about this fascinating civilisation. Of course, I shall be picturing Elijah as Lizhe, whenever a king is mentioned, and Dom as Dom the Spaniard, whenever the Spanish are mentioned!

I have a real yen to visit Macchu Pichu now, too!

:D

come on to Perú - Cuzco

[yenizenca.livejournal.com]

ok. come on to Perú - Cuzco... You one will not regret of it.

Re: come on to Perú - Cuzco

[lisabellex.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'd love to. Can't afford to visit, though, so I'll just have to dream...

:)

Re: come on to Perú - Cuzco

[yenizenca.livejournal.com]

Good. Cuzco is not the great wonder of the world; that we say... You can know other interesting places where you if you can go

[primula-baggins.livejournal.com]

"I have only made up one major custom in these stories - now, go on, guess which it is!"

Oh no, don't make me guess! I'll be here all day trying. Don't know when I'll ever get a chance to read any of these. I just know your story is so, so good.

*wanders off wondering which custom is made up*

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

Giggles. Ray of Inti. But I wouldn't like to bet on them not finding an artefact that proved it WAS true in the future. As far as *I* know the Inca had no male spouses. :D Pity! xxx

[primula-baggins.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah! I should have guessd. But they may have had male lovers even if they weren't spouses as such. Most books don't discuss the sexuality of a culture anyway. And they'd most likely not discuss same-sex relationships. Ah well, that's what Issi is for! : D

Do any of the books mention them having multiple spouses and many children?

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

Pachacuti, the man I based Lizhe's father on, had over 400 children by many different women. The Inca was allowed many partners, and also took Virgins of the Sun to his bed. He could give - if I remember correctly - extra wives to other high born men, but it was usually kept within the higher echelons of society.

There have been homosexual ceramics found there, and the only women whose bodies were sacred were the Coya and the Virgins. I will have to read Nigel Davies's book again and see if there is anything in there abt it. It was not uppermost in my mind the last time I read it! Sex, I mean 'D

[primula-baggins.livejournal.com]

"Pachacuti, the man I based Lizhe's father on, had over 400 children
by many different women."

Hehe. I hope it was many different women. ; ) That man must have been very busy!

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

Tireless, I would say. A bonk-fest every night. Lizhe, I am pleased to say, is more , er, continent. DomDomDom :D

the wives of the Inka

[yenizenca.livejournal.com]

Well, Pachacutec if it had inclusively more than 400 spouses; but, gave the case that Most of the wives were taken only once for the Inka in the bed. You can understand then that the Inka was not a man who had sex, sex all the day."

Re: the wives of the Inka

[ladysunrope.livejournal.com]

I have been asked to comment by ismenin

I know this lady well and her research comes from all these books and more over many years. Are you saying that all these people, writers of academic worth in anthropology and geographical/historical research are wrong???

If you have such a problem with this fic and its accuracy please DO NOT read it. I have seen these books and in fact have one myself and mummies (not the Egyptian type of course) existed. I'm looking at a photo of one!!! (page 210 of Ice Maiden) The Spaniards had them buried because it offended the morals of the Catholic church as it seemed to them to be idol worship. There was a docmentary on the BBC about it too.

But it is not important really.

You are being rude on someones lj. Issi can write what she pleases. She does not want this picking at her story just because there are things you do not like. If you don't like, don't read.

Once more, and I will try and say this in my very poor Spanish.

Esto es una historia que esto no es un documento histórico.
Esto no es verdadero. ¿Entienda? ¡Nadie piensa que es verdadero a excepción de usted!!

the wives of the Sun or Inti

[yenizenca.livejournal.com]

No, not You are very badly in this subject. The wives of the Inti were women destined the celibacy. nobody could see Them... not either the same Inka could dare to make it. they lived in the temple of the Sun and was protected by the Mamaconas (Ladies of age outpost).
the wives of the Sun did was to weave clothes of the greater quality for their husband (Inti), but as he could not use them, these clothes were destined for the Inka. The Inka used this clothes in representation of its father (Inti), but the wives of the Inka also wove articles for their husband and these articles the Inka could give a anyone of its affability. I clarify: The Inka did not make use of the wives of the Sol(Inti), but rather he used of the clothes that they wove.

Re: the wives of the Sun or Inti

[ladysunrope.livejournal.com]

Just stop.

I have been asked to tell you that ismenin is close to blocking you from her lj. She is not well enough to be harrassed like this.

If this story offends your sense of your own history >>> DO NOT READ IT.

Thank you.

Re: the wives of the Sun or Inti

[(Anonymous)]

God!, the sense of my own history is in the which we were educated all the Peruvians... and if you think that it is incorrect and invalidity... ok. I don't say nothing else... because the way to write of ismenin pleases to me: smooth, it is educated and very charming... she is not crude, abrupt or discourteous... and I not say more on the Peruvian point of view that we have hacerca of our history.
If mistakes in my appreciations... but it is because of my teachers of school. Separate point, I adore writings of ismenin; they attract me; because the personages catch to you and his carácteres affects to you. I will be not Dire... is a promise.
Mi hermana me lo dijo: "No siempre tendré la razón para todos"
y yo digo:"Nunca sabre la verdad por completo"

Re: the wives of the Sun or Inti

[ladysunrope.livejournal.com]

as a friend of Issi's I thank you for your courtesy. As a teacher in a university please do not believe all you were taught is the truth.

Have an open mind and explore all things! :)