The latter, in phonetics and in many root-words, betrays a relationship to the Qquichua, but a remote one.
The Qquichuas were a race of considerable cultivation.

They had a developed metrical system, and were especially fond of the drama.

Several specimens of their poetical and dramatic compositions have been preserved, and indicate a correct taste.

Although they did not possess a method of writing, they had various mnemonic aids, by which they were enabled to recall their verses and their historical traditions.
In the mythology of the Qquichuas, and apparently also of the Aymaras, the leading figure is _Viracocha_.

His august presence is in one cycle of legends that of Infinite Creator, the Primal Cause; in another he is the beneficent teacher and wise ruler; in other words, he too, like Quetzalcoatl and the others whom I have told about, is at one time God, at others the incarnation of God.
As the first cause and ground of all things, Viracocha's distinctive epithet was _Ticci_, the Cause, the Beginning, or _Illa ticci_, the Ancient Cause[1], the First Beginning, an endeavor in words to express the absolute priority of his essence and existence.