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Aiapæc
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Aiapæc or Ai Apaec (from Colonial Mochica ⟨aiapæc⟩ *[ajapʷɨk] "creator"[1]),[2] Wrinkled Face,[3] the snake-belted figure,[4] or the god of the mountains,[2][5][6] is a mythical character identified in Moche iconography, and possibly the main Moche deity. According to some archaeologists, it may have been the most feared and adored of all punitive gods, worshipped as the creator god, protector of the Moche and provider of water, food and military triumphs.
The existence of such iconographic character was first proposed by archaeologist Rafael Larco Hoyle. Contemporary analysis have questioned that it may have been a single god, instead finding several mythological characters.[7][8]
Representations
[edit]The most common representation of Aiapæc is the one seen in the murals of the Temples of the Sun and the Moon, which present an anthropomorphic face with feline fangs surrounded by ocean waves.
Aiapæc was represented in several ways, depending on the period, place and medium used. In metallurgy, for example, Aiapæc is often seen as a spider with eight legs and an anthropomorphic face with jaguar fangs. In ceramics, the divinity is often more anthropomorphic, usually with his head in his hands and sometimes with two snakes sprouting from his head. In sculpture, he is shown with a staff.
It is said that during human sacrifices, prisoners were decapitated and their heads given to Aiapæc.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Eloranta-Barrera Virhuez, Rita (2020). Mochica: grammatical topics and external relations. LOT Dissertations series. Amsterdam: LOT. pp. 114, 124. ISBN 978-94-6093-348-6.
- ^ a b Gayoso Rullier, Henry Luis (2014). "¿POR QUÉ AIAPAEC Y CHICOPAEC NO SON NOMBRES DE DIOSES?". Chungará (Arica) (in Spanish). 46 (3): 345–354. doi:10.4067/S0717-73562014000300003. ISSN 0717-7356.
- ^ Donnan, Christopher B. (1978). Moche Art of Peru. Pre-Columbian Symbolic Communication. Los Angeles, CA: Museum of Cultural History, University of California.
- ^ Castillo Butters, Luis Jaime (1989). Personajes míticos, escenas y narraciones en la iconografía mochica. Lima: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
- ^ de Bock, Edward K. (2003). "Templo de la escalera y ola y la hora del sacrificio humano". In Uceda, Santiago; Mujica, Elías (eds.). Moche: hacia el final del milenio: Actas del Segundo Coloquio sobre la Cultura Moche, Trujillo, 1 al 7 de agosto de 1999 (in Spanish). Vol. 1. Lima: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú/ Universidad Nacional de Trujillo. pp. 307–324.
- ^ Uceda, Santiago (2008). "En busca de los palacios de los reyes de Moche". In Makowski, Krzysztof (ed.). Señores de los reinos de la luna. Colección arte y tesoros del Perú. Lima: Banco de Crédito del Perú. pp. 111–127. ISBN 978-9972-837-19-7.
- ^ Prządka-Giersz, Patrycja (2015). "Ai Apaec: ¿Una Divinidad Suprema Prehispánica O Una Manipulación En La Traducción Intercultural?". Politeja (38): 7–16. ISSN 1733-6716.
- ^ Makowski, Krzysztof (2022). "¿Uno (Aiapaec) o muchos?: el debate sobre el panteón moche = One deity (Aipaec) or many? The debate on the Moche pantheon". Dioses y creencias del Perú prehispánico = Gods and beliefs of Prehispanic Peru. Lima: Erns & Young. pp. 290–491. ISBN 978-612-5043-31-3.
- Art of the Andes, from Chavin to Inca. Rebecca Stone Miller, Thames and Hudson, 1995.
- The Incas and their Ancestors. Michael E. Moseley, Thames and Hudson, 1992.
External links
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- "Ai Apaec". Google Cultural Institute. — a Museo Larco media presentation
- www.huacas.com
- Sun and Moon Official Project information