Inti
c. 1200 CE – 1572 CEattested
Cusco
- Andean
Sun god of the Inca and claimed ancestor of the ruling house, which made the empire's politics a family matter. His Cusco temple was sheeted in gold that the Spanish melted within a year of arriving.
Known for
- ancestor of the Sapa Inca
- the golden enclosure
- Inti Raymi at the solstice
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.