A Peruvian folktale??

Question

I need to find a folktale from Peru and explain its culteral signifigance. I have know idea how to find this sooo... ??

Answer 1

There are several; you can start with the legend of  Manco Capac and his wife Mama Ocllo which came out from lake Titicaca, sent by Inti (The god Sun) to form the Inca Empire. There are more folktales like Hermanos Ayar, la Pachamama, etc.

Answer 2

I found sum for u,   now it's up to U to explain it's

"culteral signifigance"cuz I have "know" idea wat that is or how two dew it. hope this helps U.

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Peruvia...

Answer 3

Manco Capac , legendary founder of the Inca dynasty of Peru. According to the most frequently told story, four brothers, Manco Capac, Ayar Anca, Ayar Cachi, and Ayar Uchu, and their four sisters, Mama Ocllo, Mama Huaco, Mama Cura (or Ipacura), and Mama Raua, lived at Paccari-Tampu [tavern of the dawn], several miles distant from Cuzco. They gathered together the tribes of their locality, marched on the Cuzco Valley, and conquered the tribes living there. Manco Capac had by his sister-wife, Mama Ocllo, a son called Sinchi Roca (or Cinchi Roca). Authorities concede that the first Inca chief to be a historical figure was called Sinchi Roca (c.1105-c.1140). Thus the foundation for an empire was laid. Another legend relates that the Sun created a man and a woman on an island in Lake Titicaca. They were given a golden staff by the Sun, their father, who bade them settle permanently at whatever place the staff should sink into the earth. At a hill overlooking the present city of Cuzco the staff of gold disappeared into the earth. They gathered around them a great many people and founded the city of Cuzco and the Inca state.