Cristóbal de Molina's account of Inca origin myths and the great festivals of Cuzco (Capac Raymi, Inti Raymi, Citua, Mayocati) — written for the Bishop of Cuzco c. 1573 and the most detailed pre-Conquest Inca ritual record.
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Tradition
Spanish, c. 1573. Translated for the Hakluyt Society by Clements Markham (1873) along with other early Inca chronicles. Source of much of what we know about Inca state religion.
Translation
Clements R. Markham, tr., *Narratives of the Rites and Laws of the Yncas* (Hakluyt Society, London, 1873). Includes Cristobal de Molina's *Relation of the Fables and Rites of the Yncas*. Public domain.
License
Public domain (pre-1929 English translation). Reproduced for educational and religious commentary.