History
The Incan Gods are an extra-dimensional race of beings who were worshiped by the Incan Empire who later absorbed and assimilated the gods of their neighboring tribes into the pantheon.
According to ancient myths, the Sky Father Viracocha arose from the depths of Lake Titicaca during a time of primordial darkness. With assistance from the Earth Mother Gaea (known to the Inca as "Pachamama"), Viracocha brought life to a race of giants. These giants, sculpted in Viracocha's own image, lived in total darkness and inhabited the city of Tiahuanaco (modern-day Tiwanaku, Bolivia). However, these giants soon defied their creators, prompting Viracocha to transform them back into stone. With Gaea preoccupied elsewhere, Viracocha next created the sea goddess Mama Cocha to serve as his companion. He and Mama Cocha decided to bring light to the world, and came ashore on the "Island of the Sun" (modern-day Isla del Sol, Bolivia), where they created the sun god Inti. They next traveled to the nearby "Island of the Moon" (modern-day Isla de la Luna, Bolivia), where they created the moon goddess Mama Quilla. Other gods soon followed, such as the death god Supay and the thunder god Catequil. With the world now sufficiently illuminated, Viracocha created a second race of mortals, known as humans. Viracocha eventually returned to his extradimensional realm of Hanan Pacha, leaving his son Inti in charge of the affairs of the Earth realm.[1]
Viracocha was asked by the Asgardian god Thor to donate the required life energies to restore the Asgardians after the Fourth Host of the Celestials. The Incan gods have less worshippers today than they did a thousand years ago, but they are still worshipped by the Kamekeri of Costa Verde in Central America. In recent years, the Hyborian warlock, Kulan Gath, held the Kamekeri goddess, Peliali, captive in order to gain the power of a god from the Incan gods, but he was defeated by the Avengers.[3]Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Immortality: They are true immortals who cease to age upon reaching adulthood, and they cannot die by conventional means. The Apu are immune to all terrestrial diseases and are resistant to conventional injury.[4]
- Regenerative Healing Factor: If an Apu is wounded, his or her godly life force will enable him or her to recover at a superhuman rate. It would take an injury of such magnitude that it incinerates an Akua or disperses a major portion of his or her bodily moledules to cause him or her to die. Even then, it may be possible for a god of greater or equal power, or several gods acting together, to revive the deceased god before the god's life essence is beyond resurrections.[4]
- Superhumanly Dense Flesh: Apu flesh and bone are about two-and-a-half as dense as similar human tissue, contributing to the gods' superhuman strength and weight.[4]
- Superhuman Strength: An average male god can lift about 25 tons; an average goddess can lift about 20 tons.[4]
- Superhuman Durability: The skin, bone and muscle tissues of the gods are much tougher and more resistant to physical injury than the bodies of humans. The average Ahau and goddess is capable of withstanding falls from great heights, exposure to temperature extremes, great impacts without sustaining injury.[4]
- Superhuman Stamina: The musculature of the Apu is much more efficient than that of a human being. Their muscles produce considerably less fatigue toxins during physical activities than those of humans. The average Aboriginal god and goddess can exert themselves at peak capacity for roughly 24 hours before the build up of fatigue toxins in their blood begins to impair them.[4]
- Superhuman Reflexes: The reflexes of an Apu are also enhanced to superhuman levels.[4]
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Notes
- The Incan Gods preside in the other-dimensional world known as Hanan Pacha ("Higher Earth" in Quechua). It was connected to Ucu Pacha, the realm of the Dead, linked to the underwater realm of Hurin Pacha located under and through lakes, oasis and caves. Spanish Conquistadors named this realm, "El Dorado," believing it to be a city of gold, but this was really the name of a body sprinkled in gold and departed into lakes to enter Ucu Pacha. Hanan Pacha was connected to earth by Tequendama whose access point was obscured behind a waterfall on earth.
- In Incan mythology, "Apu" was the name of several mountain spirits subservient to the Incan gods. It was also used as a prefix to many of their names, such as Apu-Punchau, a title of Inti, the sun-god.
See Also
- 5 appearance(s) of Apu
- 3 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Apu
- 2 mention(s) of Apu
- 4 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Apu
- 1 image(s) of Apu
- 20 representative(s) of Apu