Incas - Inca

Japanese: インカ族 - いんかぞく
Incas - Inca

...means sun in Quechua. In the religion of the Inca (Inca civilization), it is explained that all things were created by the creator god Viracocha, including the sun. The sun was also the ancestor of the Inca, and the chief of the Inca, i.e. the emperor of the Inca Empire, was the child of the sun.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Inca people" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ケチュア語で太陽の意味。インカ族(インカ文明)の宗教では,万物は創造神ビラコチャによってつくられ,太陽もまたこの神が創造したと説明される。その太陽は,インカ族の祖先でもあり,インカ族の首長すなわちインカ帝国の皇帝は太陽の子であった。…

※「インカ族」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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