Paqarina: Difference between revisions

'''Paqarina''' is a [[quechuan languages|quechua]] term that ancient [[Andean]]s used to describe the place of origin, and final destination, of their ancestors.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Tamara L. Bray|title=Archaeology of Wak'as: Explorations of the Sacred in the Pre-Columbian Andes|date=2014|publisher=University Press of Colorado|isbn=9781492012702|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j4iKBgAAQBAJ&dq=Paqarina&pg=PT483|accessdate=27 September 2015}}</ref> ''Paqarinas'' were associated with physical landmarks such as holes in the ground or lakes. In [[Incan]] mythology the word also describes a type of "portal" through which the forces of life and death flow.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lajo|first1=Javier|title=Qhapaq ñan : la ruta inka de sabiduría|date=2006|publisher=Abya Yala [u.a.]|location=Quito|isbn=9789978225943|edition=2.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HzK1X6_QaIAC&dq=Paqarina&pg=PA60|accessdate=27 September 2015|language=Spanish}}</ref>