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{{Short description|Incan mythology}}
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In [[Inca mythology]], '''Vichama''' is the god of [[death]] and the son of [[Inti]]. His mother was murdered by his half-brother [[Pacha Kamaq]], and he took revenge by turning the humans who were created by Pachacamac into rocks and islands. Afterwards he hatched three [[Egg (biology)|eggs]] from which a new race of [[humans]] was born.

The name has been adopted by a theatre group from [[Villa El Salvador]], [[Lima]], [[Peru]], which works worldwide, raising issues involving social responsibility and involvement.

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110708071740/http://vichama-eng.blogspot.com/ Official information site (in blog form) of Vichama theatre group] 
* [http://read.upcolorado.com/read/legacies-of-space-and-intangible-heritage-archaeology-ethnohistory-and-the-politics-of-cultural-continuity-in-the-americas/section/71dc6ee5-1829-45a5-8bea-65e32f910721 A Culturescape Built over 5,000 Years, Archaeology, and Vichama Raymi in the Forge of History] 




[[Category:Inca gods]]
[[Category:Death gods]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Peru]]

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