4) and Montesinos
(_Ancien Perou_, p. 5) are Manco, Cacha, Auca, Uchu. The meaning of Manco
is unknown. The others signify, in their order, messenger, enemy or
traitor, and the little one. The myth of Viracocha is given in its most
antique form by Juan de Betanzos, in the _Historia de los Ingas_,
compiled in the first years of the conquest from the original songs and
legends. It is quoted in Garcia, _Origen de los Indios_, lib. v. cap. 7.
Balboa, Montesinos, Acosta, and others have also furnished me some
incidents. Whether Atachuchu mentioned in the last chapter was not
another name of Viracocha may well be questioned. It is every way
probable.
[179-3] _Hist. des Incas_, liv. iii. chap. 25.
[180-1] It is compounded of _vira_, fat, foam (which perhaps is akin to
_yurac_, _white_), and _cocha_, a pond or lake.
[180-2] See Desjardins, _Le Perou avant la Conq. Espagnole_, p. 67.
[180-3] Gomara, _Hist. de las Indias_, cap. 119, in Mueller.
[181-1] Brasseur, _Hist. du Mexique_, i.
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