The only surviving pre-Columbian Andean religious narrative recorded in Quechua — the gods, ancestors, and huacas of the Huarochirí region west of Lima, gathered in the early 17th century as part of an extirpation-of-idolatry campaign.
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Tradition
Classical Quechua. Recorded c. 1608 under the supervision of Father Francisco de Ávila. The single most important indigenous source on Andean religion; called by some scholars "the Andean Popol Vuh."
Translation
Frank Salomon and George L. Urioste, *The Huarochirí Manuscript: A Testament of Ancient and Colonial Andean Religion* (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1991). Substantial selection; see source edition for complete text.
License
Used under fair-use principles for non-commercial educational and religious commentary. Copyright remains with the University of Texas Press, Frank Salomon, and George L. Urioste.