Mama Ocllo

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Inca deity culture hero founding mother mythological figure

Mama Ocllo is a revered figure in Inca mythology, often regarded as a founding mother of the Inca civilization and a culture hero associated with teaching essential domestic and social skills.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Mama Ocllo canonical 5
Mama Ocllo Coya 1
Mother Ocllo 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Inca deity ⓘ
culture hero ⓘ
founding mother ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ
appearsIn Inca origin myths ⓘ
legends of the founding of Cuzco ⓘ
associatedWith Cusco ⓘ
surface form: Cuzco

Lake Titicaca ⓘ
founding of Cuzco ⓘ
culturalFunction model of ideal Inca womanhood ⓘ
source of instruction for women’s work ⓘ
culture Andean mythology ⓘ
surface form: Inca mythology
gender female ⓘ
hasMythType civilizing hero ⓘ
culture bearer ⓘ
hasSourceTradition oral tradition of the Incas ⓘ
languageOfName Quechua ⓘ
mythologicalOrigin Lake Titicaca ⓘ
nameMeaningApproximate Mama Ocllo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mother Ocllo
originStoryVariant emerges from Lake Titicaca with Manco Cápac ⓘ
emerges from a cave in Pacaritambo ⓘ
pairedWith Manco Cápac ⓘ
parent Sinchi Roca ⓘ
recordedBy Spanish chroniclers of the colonial period ⓘ
region Andes ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
relative Manco Cápac ⓘ
religion Andean mythology ⓘ
surface form: Inca religion
role founder of Inca civilization ⓘ
mother of first Inca ruler(s) ⓘ
teacher of domestic skills ⓘ
teacher of social skills ⓘ
spouse Manco Cápac ⓘ
symbolizes domestic order ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
social harmony ⓘ
taught household management ⓘ
moral norms ⓘ
social organization ⓘ
spinning ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
timePeriodOfVeneration Inca Empire ⓘ
surface form: Inca Empire period

pre-Columbian era ⓘ
veneratedIn Cusco Region ⓘ
surface form: Cuzco region

Inca Empire ⓘ
surface form: Tawantinsuyu
worshipPractices honored in Inca state religion ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inti → parentOf → Mama Ocllo ⓘ
Manco Cápac → spouse → Mama Ocllo ⓘ
Manco Cápac → relative → Mama Ocllo ⓘ
Topa Inca Yupanqui → spouse → Mama Ocllo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mama Ocllo Coya
Mama Quilla → parentOf → Mama Ocllo ⓘ
Mama Ocllo → nameMeaningApproximate → Mama Ocllo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mother Ocllo
Cave of Pacaritambo → associatedDeityOrFigure → Mama Ocllo ⓘ