Illapa: Powerful Master Of Clouds, Rain And Hail – Worshipped By Inca People

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Illapa (aka Apu Illapu, Ilyap'a, Katoylla) is considered by many as one of the most important deities in the Inca pantheon.

Staty av Pachacutiq i Machupicchu Pueblo i Peru. Image credit: Elemaki  - CC BY 2.5

He had several overlapping identities located in several different places—one of his powerful identities, which we have described earlier.

He is known to sometimes appear under other names, such as Catequil, Yaro, Libiac, Pariacaca, Chuquilla, Tunapa, and others. This very popular weather god associated with rain was frequently imagined as a man in the sky, dressed in shining garments and carrying a sling and a war club.

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See also:

Catequil – Inca God Of Thunder And Lightning, Cultural Hero Of Inca People Who Predicted The Future

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