Inti

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Inti is the Incan sun god, revered as a principal deity associated with royal power, agriculture, and the cosmic order.

Aliases (2)

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Incan deity
sun god
associatedWith agriculture
cosmic order
royal power
consideredAncestorOf Inca royal lineage
Sapa Inca
cosmologicalRole regulator of time and seasons
culture Inca Empire
surface form: "Inca civilization"
depictedAs human face in a sun disk
directionAssociated east
domain sun
festival Inti Raymi
festivalTime June solstice
gender male
importance supreme state deity of the Inca Empire
languageName Quechua: Inti
linkedToConcept Inca state ideology
divine kingship
order of the cosmos
majorTemple Qorikancha
surface form: "Coricancha"
majorTempleLocation Cusco
mythologicalFunction giver of life
giver of light
protector of the Inca people
parentOf Mama Ocllo
Manco Cápac
positionInPantheon principal deity
region Andes
Peru
relatedDeity Mama Quilla
religion Inca religion
ritualOfferings chicha
fine textiles
gold objects
sacrificed animals
roleInAgriculture provider of warmth for crops
roleInKingship source of imperial legitimacy
spouse Mama Quilla
symbol gold
sun disk
worshipCenters Cusco Region
surface form: "Cusco region"

Sacred Valley
worshippedBy Inca emperor
Inca people

Referenced by (11)

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

this entity surface form: "sun god Inti"
Quechua people deity Inti
inti namedAfter Inti
subject surface form: "Inti (currency)"
this entity surface form: "Inti (Incan sun god)"
Manco Cápac parent Inti
Viracocha parentOf Inti
Inca Empire patronDeity Inti

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