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American Hero-Myths

CHAPTER V
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He must therefore be the subject of a mightier power than himself.
[Footnote 3: _Comentarios Reales_, Pt.

i, Lib.

viii, cap.

viii.] We may reasonably suppose that these expressions are proof of a growing sense of the attributes of divinity.

They are indications of the evolution of religious thought, and go to show that the monotheistic ideas which I have pointed out in the titles and names of the highest God, were clearly recognized and publicly announced.
Viracocha was also worshiped under the title _Con-ticci-Viracocha_.
Various explanations of the name _Con_ have been offered.


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