Inkarry, a myth of death and redemption South America, like many other parts of the world, was inhabited

by many different cultures for thousands of years. Some of them excelled as artists, others were great at trading their products and developing their settlements into fortresses, and some of them had ferocious warriors and conquered other towns. There were many different cultures that flourished and then declined as time went by but there was specially one big culture whose echoes still resound: the Incas. We could talk about their marvelous architecture or their fascinating expansion but here we will talk only about a specific legend, the myth of Inkarry; a story of death and redemption. The myth of Inkarry states the following: after the Spanish invasion of Tawantinsuyo, the name of the Inca Empire, there were a group of Incan rebels who ran away to the jungles to try to reorganize an army to take back power from the Spaniards. Amidst them was the last royal Inca, Tupac Amaru (Flame snake). The mission of Tupac Amaru and his men was to defeat the Spanish and reinstall the Incan Empire. Unfortunately, he was caught in a battle and was brought to Cuzcos Main Square where he was later decapitated. The myth says that for days and weeks the body and head of Tupac Amaru hung in the Main Square where many indigenous people went to visit and adore him. Soon, there were so many people going on pilgrimage to see the Incas dead body that the Spanish decided to hide the body parts in different places in Peru in order to prevent a cult developing towards the last Inca. Not knowing where their beloved and sacred Inca was buried, the population started to believe that his remains were all over Peru hidden underneath the ground. Also, some of them described a hopeful spot: the severed Incas head was alive under the earth, and patiently and silently his other body parts were getting closer. The myth at that time

said that when the Incas head and his body were united again, it would be the time for resurrection; the restoration of the Inca Empire and the destruction of their enemies. For two thousand years the Incas descendants expected this redeemer to come, when Jos Gabriel Condorcanqui appeared on the scene. Jos Gabriel was a descendant of the first Tupac Amaru and was a very successful trader. Shortly, after a problem he had with the Spanish government of Peru was unfruitful he decided to fight for the Incan independence. In 1780 he started the largest rebellion registered in the history of Americas. He was close to consolidating his power but ultimately was betrayed and captured. Like his greatgrandfather Tupac Amaru I, he was taken to the Main Square of Cuzco where he was forced to witness the killing of his friends, wife and children. In the end, he was pulled by four horses, one for each of his limbs and pulling towards different sides of the main square. Finally, he was decapitated and dismembered. For a second time, the indigenous population saw how a descendant of Incas royalty was dismembered, which made the myth of the Inkarry grow stronger and become the last hope for many exploited and humiliated indigenous people. The Inkarry is the future emperor who is not dead and is not alive; is just waiting underneath the earth, the last salvation to end the oppression that many people have been suffering, the only thing we can do is wait for his complete regeneration, after that he will be ready to rise and claim his empire back.