Lik'ichiri
| Lik'ichiri | |
|---|---|
  Lik'ichiri Location in Bolivia | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,086 m (13,406 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 19°28′50″S 65°43′30″W / 19.48056°S 65.72500°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bolivia Potosí Department, Tomás Frías Province |
| Parent range | Andes |
Lik'ichiri (Aymara lik'i fat, grease, fatness[2] -chiri a suffix, "fat remover")[3] is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia in the Potosí Department, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí Municipality.[4] It lies north of Potosí and the river Ch'aki Mayu and east of the village Tarapaya. Lik'ichiri is about 4,086 metres (13,406 ft) high. It is part of the Potosí mountain range.
It bears the name of a supernatural fat-sucking creature of Andean cultures,[5] the Aymara-language equivalent to the Quechua term "pishtaco."
References
[edit]- ^ BIGM map 1.50,000 6435-I Don Diego (Linkhichiri 4,086 m)
- ^ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
- ^ Gilles Rivière. Lik'ichiri y kharisiri. A propósito de las representaciones del "otro" en la sociedad aymara Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine. Bulletin de l'IFEA 20(1), 1991, Lima, pp. 23–40.
- ^ lib.utexas.edu Map of the area (Likhichiri)
- ^ unexplained-mysteries.com Andean Fat Stealers
Capital: Potosí | ||
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