Mizimu yamakedzana yakale imeneyi ndi mbali ya chikhalidwe cha ku Peru
Pamene mukuyenda kuzungulira Peru , makamaka m'mapiri a Andean, mumamva kapena kuwerenga mawu apu. Mu nthano za Inca, apu anali dzina loperekedwa ku mizimu yamphamvu yamapiri. Ma Incas anagwiritsanso ntchito apu kutchula mapiri opatulika okha; phiri lirilonse linali ndi mzimu wake wokha, ndi mzimu womwe umatchedwa dzina la mapiri ake.
Apus anali makamaka mizimu yamphongo, ngakhale zitsanzo zina zachikazi zilipo.
Chilankhulo cha Quechua - cholankhulidwa ndi Incas ndipo tsopano chilankhulo chachiwiri kwambiri ku Peru - chiwerengero cha apu ndi apukuna.
Inca Mountain Mizimu
Nthano za Inca zinagwira ntchito m'madera atatu: Hanan Pacha (kumtunda), Kay Pacha (dziko laumunthu) ndi Uku Pacha (dziko lamkati, kapena pansi). Mapiri - akuwuka kuchokera ku dziko lapansi kwa Hanan Pacha - adapatsa Incas kugwirizana ndi milungu yawo yamphamvu kwambiri.
Mizimu yamapiri ya apu inkagwiranso ntchito monga otetezera, kuyang'anira madera awo oyandikana ndi kuteteza anthu okhala mu Inca okhala pafupi ndi ziweto zawo ndi mbewu zawo. Mu nthawi ya mavuto, apus ankakondwera kapena kuyitanidwa kupyolera mu zopereka. Iwo amakhulupirira kuti iwo adalipo kale m'madera a Andes, komanso kuti iwo ndi otsogolera omwe amakhala kumadera awa.
Zopereka zazikulu monga chicha (chimanga chachitsulo) ndi masamba a coca anali wamba. Mu nthawi zovuta, Incas zikanakhala zopereka nsembe.
Juanita - "Inca Ice Maiden" adapezeka pamwamba pa Phiri la Ampato mu 1995 (tsopano likuwonetsedwa mu Museo Santuarios Andinos ku Arequipa) - zikanakhala zoperekedwa ku mzimu wa Ampato pakati pa 1450 ndi 1480.
Apus mu Modern Peru
Mizimu yamapiri ya apu sinathenso kuchoka pambuyo pa kutha kwa ufumu wa Inca - inde, iwo ali amoyo kwambiri mu miyambo yamakono ya ku Peru.
Ambiri a masiku ano a ku Peru, makamaka omwe anabadwira ndi kubereka m'midzi ya Andean, adakali ndi zikhulupiliro zomwe zimachokera ku Incas (ngakhale zikhulupilirozi nthawi zambiri zimagwirizanitsidwa ndi zikhulupiliro zachikhristu, kawirikawiri Chikatolika).
Maganizo a mizimu ya apu imakhalabe yofala m'mapiri, kumene anthu ena a ku Peru amapereka nsembe kwa milungu yamapiri. Malinga ndi Paul R. Steele m'buku la Handbook of Inca Mythology, "Olosera ophunzitsidwa angathe kuyankhulana ndi Apus mwa kugawa masamba a coca pamasaya ovala ndi kuphunzira mauthenga omwe amapezeka pamasamba."
Ndizomveka kuti mapiri apamwamba kwambiri ku Peru ndi opatulika kwambiri. Komabe mapiri ang'onoang'ono amalemekezedwanso monga apus. Cuzco , likulu lakale la Inca, liri ndi apus khumi ndi awiri, kuphatikizapo Ausangate (20,945 ft / 6,384 m), Sacsayhuamán ndi Salkantay. Machu Picchu - "Old Peak," pambuyo pake malo ochezera zakale amatchulidwa - ndi apu yopatulika, monga Huayna Picchu oyandikana naye (8,920 ft / 2,720 m).
Njira Zina Zofotokozera Apu
"Apu" angagwiritsidwenso ntchito kutanthauzira mbuye wamkulu kapena munthu wina wolamulira. A Incas anapatsa dzina lakuti Apu kwa bwanamkubwa aliyense wa suyus anayi (malo olamulira) a Inca Empire.
M'Chipechua, apu ali ndi matanthauzo osiyanasiyana kusiyana ndi kufunika kwa uzimu, kuphatikizapo wolemera, wamphamvu, bwana, mkulu, wamphamvu ndi wolemera.