#huiracocha

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I’ve been meaning to redesign Viracocha for so long, and it’s finally here!

Check out his original profile HERE!

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Here is the final pics of the new mural I just painted at the entrance of my apartment on our land in Quilmaná, Peru. Since I have these beautiful San Pedro cactuses (Wachuma) growing there, I painted “Huiracocha”, who is South America’s oldest God. He made appearances in many different pre-Colombian cultures, all the way up to the Incas and was known as the Creator. But then in “Chavin” culture stone carvings we see him holding what looks like San Pedro cactuses. He appears fierce, but such is the shamanic path and Love is all that awaits us on the other side of that fiery process of transmutation. These prickly mescaline cactuses certainly talked and worked me while I painted by them. Now that this mural is ready, I am going to plant a bunch of other pretty cactuses, flowers and plants and complete this beautiful garden of love and colour! #huiracocha #mural #spraypaint #brush #sanpedro #wachuma #plantmedicine #love #transformation #streetart #muyawasi #orxhard #quilmana #peru #cactusgarden (at Quilmaná, Lima, Peru) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLo9G8rMu-C/?igshid=17q6qdd3ht1uy

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Viracocha, the Incan lord of creation. Before time there was only darkness. Within this darkness lay a watery chaos, lake Titicaca. This chaos stirred and out emerged the first of all things, Viracocha. With his wife Mama Qucha, Viracocha spawned the sun god Inti and the moon goddess Mama Quilla, from his hand spilled the stars of the night sky. Viracocha made the earth itself, creating the valleys, mountains and seas by which life called home. Viracocha manifested time, ordering Inti and Mama Quills to move across the sky.

Viracocha gathered the stones strewn across his lands, and as they rested in his hands he blew on them, instilling within them life. These stones became giants who raged against the earth and held no intelligence of their own. Disappointed, Viracocha sent a flood and wiped away the giants. Viracocha tried once again, this time he used smaller stones, bringning about the human race.

Viracocha now satisfied with his creation, left the mortal world, leaving it in the care of humanity and the gods. Despite his departure, Viracocha regularly visited the earth in the form of a beggar, teaching the masses about the world they inhabited. Viracocha embodied the wind and storms and was heavily associated with the sea, possibly in relation to the pre creation chaos but it could also be the result of his wife Mama Qucha, who embodied the sea and the life within it. Viracocha was revered by his worshippers as the animate force of the universe, the substance by which all was created.

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Viracocha was the highest and most worshipped god among the Incas. The worship of Viracocha didn’t originate within the Incas however, as he does predate the Incan civilization themselves, likely originating from their predecessors. However it was among the Inca’s where Viracocha grew to his pinnacle of popularity, he was the center point of Incan worship, with the sun god Inti, an incredibly popular god in his own right, was only second to Viracocha.

As the Incan civilization grew they absorbed neighboring peoples like the Nazca, Ichma, and Aymara along with many others, their gods were both inducted into the Inca pantheon as well as conflated with viracocha himself. The Nazca’s Kon in particular became close with the worship of Viracocha. Originally both Kon and Pachacamac were introduced into the pantheon as sons of the sun god Inti, both of them keeping their attributes as creator gods they held in their native lands. However Viracocha’s worshippers began to associate Kon more and more closely with Viracocha, ultimately treating Kon as a manifestation of Viracocha, Cuniraya Huiracocha. Cuniraya embodied Viracocha’s aspect as a trickster god, with his form as a beggar being used to irritate the gods. With Viracocha’s popularity came a multitude of names and titles, such as Pachayachicachan “teacher of the earth”, and T'iqsi Wiraqocha. One of Viracocha’s epithets, Kontiki, is the result of further conflation between Viracocha and Kon. Both Thunupa and Pachacamac, the chief gods of the Aymara and Ichma respectively, were both similarly conflated with Viracocha. While not to the same degree as Kon, the two were still absorbed into Viracocha by the Inca, with their native myths being given to Viracocha and vise versa.

It’s believed that the Polynesian and Andean peoples came into contact with one another. Evidence such as the planting of sweet potatoes in Polynesia, a crop native to South America, and South American genetics in some Polynesian peoples proves this hypothesis. The presence of the word “Tiki” in some of Viracocha’s names lead some to believe that Viracocha and Kon had absorbed the Polynesian Tiki, however this is likely a coincidence as the Andean Tiki likely comes from a mutation of the aforementioned word T'iqsi.

According to the records of the Spanish colonists, they alleged that Viracocha among many other gods were believed by the Incans to be white or Caucasian with beards. A similar claim was made by the Spanish colonists who colonized mesoamerica with Quetzalcoatl. Not a single piece of evidence exists to support the idea that the Incans believed this, in actuality it was an attempt made by the Spanish to aggrandize and appropriate themselves in Incan customs to further push colonization.

Among the Spanish’s records of Incan mythology, they claim that Viracocha walked on water, that he traveled the earth and taught humanity, and that he would reappear during times of need. These have intrigued scholars with its mirroring of many of the traits shared by Jesus, it’s unclear if it comes from an attempt to convert the Incas or if it’s an actual belief the Incas had. However in conjunction with the Spanish’s attempt in changing Viracocha’s race it is more likely that it came from an attempt to Christianize the Incans. Despite this there are some parallels within both Incan and South American mythology, as South American gods like Kon were depicted departing the earth from the sea, it’s known that Incas did believe that Viracocha traveled the earth in human form as a trickster which could be equated with teaching humanity.

The development of Viracocha likely branched off from a common ‘staff god’ ancestor, with fellow branches being Kon, Pachacamac, the Lanzon deity of the Chavin, the Moche Ai Apaec and the Aymara Thunupa. This common ancestor was most likely the staff god found in Caral Supe.

OLD DESIGN, Check out Viracocha’s new design HERE

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Yesterday I had Andres at @zhimpatattoos studio in Lima, tattoo on me that drawing rendition I made of the ancient Peruvian God Wirachocha, based on the Raymondi stone carving. It was a detailed piece so I am happy I got on me so tight! #tattoo #zhimpatattoos #chrisdyertattoo #miraflores #lima #peru #wiracocha #huiracocha #chavin #estellaraymondi (at Av. Larco-Miraflores)

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Heads up on this new “Huiracocha” Pin Drop collabo with my artist friend @diverse_medium !! They are big, beautiful, Limited Edition pins and the colourful one glows in the dark!! Get them while they last at the @chrisdyerspositivecreations site!! #pindrop #hatpin #lapelpin #huiracocha #limitededition #glowinthedark #johnshook #collaboration #positivecreations (at Denver, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYt_T0sOPOX/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Just received my new skate decks that recently came out from @strengthskateboards from Pennsylvania! These where originally done for a Peruvian pro skater on @gzuckcrew that somehow didn’t resonate with the graphic and didn’t want to pay me for my work, so I was stoked when Strength scooped them up for their own brand. The design is of Huiracocha, South America’s most ancient creation God, who dates past 10,000 years and continued to appear in cultures through different eras of that continent (all the way to the last one, The Incas). This particular versions is based on a stone carving from the Chavin Culture, and Huiracocha seems to be holding San Pedro (Huachuma) cactuses, which was part of the shamanic practices of those people. I redrew the design in my own line-work while on a trip to Easter Island and liked it so much that I then got it tattooed on me once I got back to Lima. My apologies if it looks like I’m flexing, haha. #huiracocha #wiracocha #viracocha #dios #skateboards #skategraphics #strengthskateboards (at Plateau Mont-Royal)

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Today my new silkscreen prints drop with @station16gallery ! It's a sing Ned and numbered limited edition of 50, depicting South America's most ancient creator God "Huiracocha". Based on an ancient "Chavin" carving, I liked this mysterious yet powerful entity so much I got him tattooed on me. Go to @station16gallery to grab one before they evaporate! #limitededition #limitededitionprint #silkscreen #silkscreenprint #station16 #huiracocha #ancientaliens #peru #chavin (at Island of Montreal)

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A couple of years ago I quit my position as art director/brand manager at @creationskateboards . Disillusioned form the skate industry as a whole I stopped investing my time n art into that scene, that to me seemed like is more about hype than the essence we had back in the day. I remained a skater though n missed having people skate on my art. That's why when Peruvian pro skater @peterchlebowski asked me to make him a graphic for the brand @gzuckcrew I accepted, regardless of my lack of time and that they paid 30% of the minimum I charge for commissions these days. Peter just asked me to do something in my style but unfortunately, after days of working this, he said this graphics wasn't his style. So it won't get used n I'm not getting paid neither. No bad vibes to them, but I wish they would of valued my time n work. Not the first time this happens, since I've also done graphics for brands like @skull_skates and @skate__mafia who neither ended up using the art nor paying me. I guess it was a reminder why I stopped investing energy into that industry where so much is disposable. Not mad, just saying. #rant #skateart #huiracocha #skategraphics #gzuck #gzuckskateboards #peterchlebowski #wasteoftime (at Montreal, Quebec)