ID: 901001774 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001774	Record Type: Character/Person

	Amaro (Inca character)

Note: Supernatural double-headed serpent associated with water and violent overturning of established order.

Names:

	Amaro (Inca character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Amaru (Inca character) (English,U,N)
	Katari (Inca character) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
		........<Inca iconography> (P)
		............<Inca characters> (P)
		................Amaro (Inca character) (I)

Other Relationships:

	takes the form of .... snake (suborder)
	.....(Squamata (order), Reptilia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Inca (culture, general)
	.....(Late Intermediate Period, Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods, Pre-Columbian South American styles and periods, Pre-Columbian (American), Americas, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... supernatural being
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Amaro (Inca character)
	................Steele, Handbook of Inca Mythology (2004) 95
	Amaru (Inca character)
	................Steele, Handbook of Inca Mythology (2004) 95
	Katari (Inca character)
	................Steele, Handbook of Inca Mythology (2004)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaru_(mythology)#/media/File:Amaru_kero.jpg
	................ Steele, Handbook of Inca Mythology (2004)