Creation Story Inca

The Day The Sun's Children Came to Help

by Jennifer J

Here isa link to another Inca creation story.

My name is Jennifer and I am from America. I decided to study myths from the Americas. This myth is tells you how the sun's children came to help the pitiful humans start a proper life.

A long time ago all of the people lived in misery in the harsh climate. The reason it was so hard was because they didn't know how to build houses. But whenever they found shelter they took it. Usually the shelter would be under a rocky overhang from a cave, but it didn't save them from the cold winds and the wild animals.

Since none of the people knew anything about cultivating plants, their main foods were wild leaves, fruits and roots from trees. The people didn't know how to start a fire so they ate all of their food raw.

None of the people knew about laws or of a way to live in peace with one another. Even parents and their young could not live together in harmony. Only one being felt sorry for them and that was Father Sun.

Father Sun realized that the lives of these poor humans were not improving. But he knew that he could not leave his place in the great sky to go down to earth and help these humans create a suitable home. Since he could not leave he decided to send his son Manco Capac and his daughter Mama Ocllo, the children of the Sun.

Father Sun instructed them to look down upon the humans. In disbelief Mama Ocllo said " They have little knowledge in those big heads of theirs. And they are not confident in themselves so they think they can't make their lives better. " Manco Capac said " They seem just a little bit better than animals and that is not how it should be."

Father Sun gave his children a golden rod and said, "I wish for you to go down to the Earth and find a place where this golden rod will sink and where it sinks that is where we should build a villlage. You, Manco Capac my son shall rule as their king, the Inca. You, Mama Ocllo my daughter shall rule as the queen, the Coya."

When they were finally on Earth they found themselves in a beautiful vally with a big hill on one side. The name of the valley was Rainbow. As they climbed the hill they felt that this was going to be the place where they would build their village. And sure enough it was.

When the rod sunk totally into the ground the children of the Sun went to find all of the humans they could before sun set.

The next morning they started to build the village. The children of the Sun taught the humans how to hunt, plant, care for one another, make houses, cook and how to make clothes.

Soon the humans had a wonderful life together and the children of the Sun ruled as their leaders.