Case file · Folklore / legend
The Huarochirí manuscript
Around 1608, during the campaigns to extirpate idolatry, Quechua writers recorded for priest Francisco de Ávila the myths of the huacas of Huarochirí, including the mountain god Pariacaca.
1608 CE · -11.84, -76.24 · status: account
The account
It is the only extensive colonial text of Andean religion written in Quechua; Ávila then used it to hunt down local shrines.