Waqra Willka

Waqra Willka
Waqra Willka

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,066 m (16,621 ft) [1]
Coordinates 12°28′33″S 75°24′06″W / 12.47583°S 75.40167°W / -12.47583; -75.40167Coordinates: 12°28′33″S 75°24′06″W / 12.47583°S 75.40167°W / -12.47583; -75.40167
Geography
Location Peru, Junín Region
Parent range Andes

Waqra Willka (Quechua waqra horn, willka grandchild; great-grandson; lineage; minor god in the Inca culture, an image of the Willkanuta valley worshipped as God; holy, sacred, divine, willka or wilka Anadenanthera colubrina (a tree),[2][3][4] hispanicized spelling Huacravilca) is a 5,066 m (16,621 ft) high mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Junín Region, Huancayo Province, Chongos Alto District. Waqra Willka lies east of Wira Challwa. A couple of small lakes named Yuraqqucha ("white lake"), Anqasqucha ("blue lake"), Challwaqucha ("fish lake") and Antaqucha ("copper lake") are situated at the feet of the mountain.[1][5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Cerro Huacravilca". IGN, Peru. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Mariko Namba Walter,Eva Jane Neumann Fridman, Shamanism: An Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, and Culture, Vol. 1, p. 439 willka or vilca (Anadenanthera peregrina and Anadenanthera colubrina)
  5. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huancavelica Province 1 (Huancavelica Region)


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