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132; and in a superficial manner by Squier, _Peru_, p.

555.] The words _Pacha camac_ mean "animating" or "giving life to the world." It is said by Father Acosta to have been one of the names of Viracocha,[1] and in a sacred song preserved by Garcilasso de la Vega he is appealed to by this title.[2] The identity of these two divinities seems, therefore, sufficiently established.
[Footnote 1: _Historia Natural y Moral de las Indias_, Lib.

v, cap.

iii.] [Footnote 2: _Comentarios Reales_, Lib.

ii, cap.


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