Gods of the Andes provides the first English translation of the
earliest lengthy description of Inca religion, An Account of the
Ancient Customs of the Natives of Peru (1594). The Account is part
of a Jesuit tradition of ecumenical works on religion that
encompasses the more famous writings of Matteo Ricci in China and
Roberto de Nobili in India. It includes original descriptions of
many different aspects of Inca religion, including human sacrifice,
the use of hallucinogens, mummification rituals, the existence of
transgendered priests in the ancient Andes, divination rituals
based on animal entrails, oracles, burials, and confession.
In her introductory chapters, Sabine Hyland presents the
controversial life of the ascribed author, Blas Valera, a Jesuit
who was ultimately imprisoned and exiled by the Jesuits for his
"heretical" belief that the Incas worshipped the same creator god
the Christians did; examines the Account in the light of other
colonial writings about the Incas; and outlines what we know about
Inca religion through other sources, comparing Valera's version to
those of other writers.
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