Editing Manco Cápac (section)

== Mythological origin ==
Manco Cápac is the protagonist of the two main legends that explain the origin of the [[Inca Empire]]. Both legends state that he was the founder of the city of [[Cusco]] and that his wife was [[Mama Uqllu]].

=== Legend of the Ayar brothers ===
In this legend, Manco Cápac (Ayar Manco) was the son of [[Viracocha]] of [[Paqariq Tampu]] (six [[league (unit)|league]]s or 25{{nbsp}}km south of Cusco). He and his brothers (Ayar Auca, [[Ayar Cachi]] and Ayar Uchu) and sisters ([[Mama Ocllo]], Mama Huaco, Mama Raua and Mama Ipacura) lived near [[Cusco]] at Paqariq Tampu, and they united their people with other tribes encountered in their travels. They sought to conquer the tribes of the Cusco Valley. This legend also incorporates the golden staff, thought to have been given to Manco Cápac by his father. Accounts vary, but according to some versions of the legend, the Manco got rid of his three brothers, trapping them or turning them into stone, thus becoming the leader of Cusco.  He married his older sister, Mama Ocllo, and they begot a son named [[Sinchi Roca]].<ref name="Gamboa">de Gamboa, P.S., 2015, History of the Incas, Lexington {{ISBN|9781463688653}}</ref>

=== Legend of Manqu Qhapaq and Mama Ocllo ===
In this second legend, Manco Cápac was a son of the sun god [[Inti]] and the moon goddess [[Mama Killa]], and brother of [[Pacha Kamaq]]. Manco Cápac himself was worshipped as a [[fire]] and a Sun [[God]]. According to the Inti legend, Manco Cápac and his siblings were sent up to the earth by the sun god and emerged from the [[cave]] of [[Pacaritambo]] carrying a golden staff, called ''tapac-yauri''. Instructed to create a [[Temple]] of the Sun in the spot where the staff sank into the earth, they traveled to Cusco via caves and there built a temple in honour of their father Inti.

However, given the absence of a written tradition recounting this tale before the publication of ''[[Comentarios Reales de los Incas]]'' by [[Garcilaso de la Vega (chronicler)|Garcilaso de la Vega]] in the year 1609, the authenticity of this legend as a legitimate Incan legend is questioned.