Wachu Willka

Wachu Willka
Wachu Willka

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,315 m (17,438 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°54′42″S 72°33′35″W / 14.91167°S 72.55972°W / -14.91167; -72.55972Coordinates: 14°54′42″S 72°33′35″W / 14.91167°S 72.55972°W / -14.91167; -72.55972
Geography
Location Peru, Arequipa Region, La Unión Province
Parent range Andes, Wansu

Wachu Willka (Quechua wachu a ridge between two furrows; row, 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 Huachuhuilca) is a 5,315-metre (17,438 ft) high mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Puyca District, southwest of Ikmaqucha.[1][5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Cerro Huachuhuilca". IGN, Peru. Retrieved February 19, 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 La Unión Province (Arequipa Region)


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