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In Inca mythology, Mama Quilla ("mother moon" or "golden mother") was a protective deity for married women, and was associated with the Inca calendar and festivals. Her Icon is a gold disk with a human face on it. The wife of the Inca of Tahuantinsuyu represented her on earth.
In one of the Inca foundation legends she was the daughter of Viracocha and Mama Cocha, and the wife of Inti. She was the mother of the first Inca Manco Capac, his wife Mama Ocllo, Kon. After the Ichma, nominally of the Chimú empire joined the Inca empire, she also became the mother of their diety Pacha Camac in the Inca religion.
References
- Peru before the Incas by Edward P. Lanning (for Pachacamac)
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