Catequil – Inca God Of Thunder And Lightning Who Predicted The Future And Was Cultural Hero Of Inca People
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Catequil created thunder by striking the clouds with his sacred spear and a mighty club. This Inca deity means even more.
Credit: Adobe Stock – lchumpitaz
He was also a weather god and an oracle who foretold the future. As a cultural hero for the Inca, he was worshiped from Quito to Cuzco. The Inca often carried an idol of Catequil into battle. His cult grew up near the Cerro Ichal Mountain in northwest Peru, probably because hills attract lightning.
Source: AncientPages.com – Read the rest of the article here
Related Posts
-
Rosicrucians: Facts And History About The Mysterious Secret Society
-
The Bushido Code: Centuries-Old Unwritten Code For Ideal Samurai Warrior
-
Centeotl: Lord Of Maize Who Was Revered Before The Olmecs By All Mesoamerica’s Inhabitants
-
Earth’s Equatorial Circumference Is Greater Than Its Polar Circumference
-
Legend Of Baku – The Dream Eater – Was It An Ancient Supernatural Being?
-
What Would Really Happen If We Tried To Send Humans To Venus?
-
Wadjet – Egyptian Goddess Protected Pharaohs And Was Depicted As A Cobra-Uraeus
-
Unusual Organisms Living On Pandora – A Fictional Alien World That Could Be Real
-
Lost Technology Of The Ancients – The Crystal Sun
-
Kali – Hindu Goddess Of Death, Fear And Horror Who Destroys Ignorance, Evil And Establishes World Order
