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American Hero-Myths

CHAPTER V
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It is not positively certain that it belongs to the Qquichua tongue.

A myth preserved by Gomara treats Con as a distinct deity.

He is said to have come from the north, to have been without bones, muscles or members, to have the power of running with infinite swiftness, and to have leveled mountains, filled up valleys, and deprived the coast plains of rain.

At the same time he is called a son of the Sun and the Moon, and it was owing to his good will and creative power that men and women were formed, and maize and fruits given them upon which to subsist.
Another more powerful god, however, by name Pachacamac, also a son of the Sun and Moon, and hence brother to Con, rose up against him and drove him from the land.

The men and women whom Con had formed were changed by Pachacamac into brutes, and others created who were the ancestors of the present race.


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