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In Inca mythology, Inti was the sun god and the god of rainbows, as well a patron deity of Tahuantinsuyu. In one legend he was father of the first Inca emperor, Manco Capac, and his brothers and sisters Mama Ocllo, Kon and Pachacamac by his wife, Mama Quilla. In this legend he was a son of Viracocha and Mama Cocha. He was worshipped by the Inca religion.
Inti was represented as a golden disc with a human face. He was also known as Apo Punchau, which means "leader [of the] daytime". The ruling Inca was considered to be the living representative of Inti. The festival of Inti-Raimi, has been revived in contemporary Peru and honors the Inca and tourist dollars.
The Punchau idol was captured in 1571. After the conquistadors looted the golden disks surrounding the idol, it was sent to the Pope via Spain. But it has since been lost.
In mid-1985,Peru's currency became the inti to replace the inflated sol. One inti was equivalent to 1,000 sol. By 1990, the inti was so inflated that the nuevo sol (new sol) was adopted in July, 1991 to replace the inti with an exchange rate of 1 new sol to 1,000,000 inti.
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