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ID: 901001764
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001764
Record Type: Legendary Place

Hanaq pacha (Inca legendary place)

Note: In the Inca cosmos, the upper realm that included the sky, the sun, the moon, the stars, the planets, and constellations such as the Milky Way. When converted to Christianity, the indigenous people associated this realm with Christian heaven.

Names:
Hanaq pacha (Inca legendary place) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Hanaq pacha (Inca legendary place) (Quechuan,U,N)
Hana pacha (Inca legendary place) (English,U,N)
Hana pacha (Inca legendary place) (Quechuan,U,N)
Hanan pacha (Inca legendary place) (English,U,N)
Hanan pacha (Inca legendary place) (Quechuan,U,N)
Alaxpacha (Inca legendary place) (English,U,N)
Alaxpacha (Inca legendary place) (Aymaran,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
........<Inca iconography> (P)
............<Inca legendary places> (P)
................Pacha (Inca cosmos) (I)
....................Hanaq pacha (Inca legendary place) (P)
Related Iconography:
counterpart is .... Heaven
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian legendary places, Heaven (Christian legendary place)) [901001677]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... heaven
.....(doctrinal concepts, religious concepts, religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (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)

Sources:
Hanaq pacha (Inca legendary place)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................McEwan, Incas: New Perspectives (2008)
................Dumbarton Oaks online (2002-)
Hana pacha (Inca legendary place)
................McEwan, Incas: New Perspectives (2008)
Hanan pacha (Inca legendary place)
................Dumbarton Oaks online (2002-)
Alaxpacha (Inca legendary place)
................Dumbarton Oaks online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Dumbarton Oaks online (2002-)
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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