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On Drinking Cups and Constellations: Some Relations Between Aymara Astronomical and Textual Practices in Qaqachaka ayllu (Bolivia)

2006; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 15; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/13569320600782245

1469-9575

Denise Y. Arnold, Elvira Espejo Ayca,

Historical Studies on Spain

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes 1 Other chroniclers give alternative names for Venus, such as Hatun Ccollur, Jach'a Wara wara, Pacari Coyllur, Auqilla, Pachahuarac or Chacha guarac, and Atungara (Bauer and Dearborn, 1998 Bauer, Brian S. and Dearborn, David S. P. 1998. Cusco: Centro “Bartolomé de Las Casas [Google Scholar]: 129, cited in Villarroel, 2004 Villarroel Salguiero, Gloria. 2004. “Sawutaxa warminakan arupawa, Relaciones de género e identidad en la comunidad de Chojñacota, Provincia Totora, Departamento de Oruro”. La Paz: UMSA. Tesis de Licenciatura [Google Scholar]), also Chasca Coyllur or Pacarina Coyllur, according to Guaman Poma (c.1613), and Guarac, according to Polia (1999: 355). According to Antonio de la Calancha (1976: 833), Venus was said to have been born from the foam of the sea, like Viracocha. In Inka times, Venus was evidently an important design in tocapus, having to do with expressing the wisdom of the wearer.