Motif
Four directional civilisers
four_directional_civilisers
A motif of the Culture Hero and Founder family, within the sub-family Regional Civilizers, Poets, and Female Mediators. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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nahua maya inca
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The Myths of Mexico & Peru CHAPTER IV: THE MAYA RACE AND MYTHOLOGY / CHAPTER V: MYTHS OF THE MAYA / CHAPTER VI: THE CIVILISATION OF OLD PERU / CHAPTER VII: THE MYTHOLOGY OF PERU; lines 9619-9707 confidence: high
Viracocha disappears in the western ocean; four beings associated with him civilise Peru, receive the four quarters, are called the four winds, and in one legend come from the cave Pacari, the Lodging of the Dawn.
Four beings associated with Viracocha are assigned the four quarters of the earth and known as the four winds.
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