Ayar Cachi

Ayar Kachi (kachi means salt in Quechua) or Ayar Cachi (in Hispanicized spelling) or [1][2] was one of the brothers of Manqu Qhápaq, who emerged from the cave at Paqariq Tampu.[3]: 28–36  He could shoot down hills with a single shot of his sling.

One legend tells that Ayar Kachi was very strong and was also very cruel to not only the natives they met along their journey to the Valley of Qusqo but also to his own people. The other Inkas, Ayar Kachi’s brothers and sisters (Ayar Manqu, Ayar Awka, Ayar Uchu, Mama Uqllu, Mama Waku, Mama Ipakura, and Mama Rawa) all were afraid he would cause their people to desert them, so they made a plan to have him killed. Manqu Qhapaq told Ayar Kachi that they had left important objects back at the windows they had originated out of and asked him to go get them. The Inkas sent Tampu-Chakay, who had been secretly ordered to kill Ayar Kachi, back to the windows with him. Ayar Kachi entered through the window called Qhapaq T'uqu in order to retrieve the items, but while he was in there, Tampu-Chakay sealed the opening with a rock, trapping Ayar Kachi inside to die. In retaliation Ayar Kachi turned Tampu-Chakay to stone, but was unable to escape the trap set for him by the other Inkas.[4]

See also

References
  1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. E.J. Brill, The Ceque System of Cuzco, p. 75
  3. de Gamboa, P.S., 2015, History of the Incas, Lexington, ISBN 9781463688653
  4. Goode, Abby (2018). The Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature: A PSU-Based Project. Plymouth, NH: Public Commons Publishing. pp. 50–53.


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