golden Wiraqocha
mask on an adobe wall,
guardian of the house
The golden mask embedded in this adobe wall in Ollantaytambo is clearly some kind of guardian entity, possibly Wiraqocha, the great creator god in the pre-Inka and Inka mythology. Wiraqocha is seen as the creator of all things, or the substance from which all things are created. Wiraqocha created the universe, sun, moon, stars, time (by commanding the sun to move over the sky) and civilization itself. Wiraqocha is worshipped as god of the sun and of storms and is intimately associated with the sea. He is represented as wearing the sun for a crown, with thunderbolts in his hands, and tears descending from his eyes as rain.
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