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| As a result of his decoding of the Inca myths and his subsequent thesis that they described actual astronomical events, Dr William Sullivan was able to match these events both to the myths that included them and to archaeological and historical occurrences. Here are his findings.
Mythical event Creator god Wiraqocha - a tall, bearded stranger - appears at Lake Titicaca and creates the Sun, Moon and stars and the agricultural tribes of Andes. Astronomical-cosmological event Both branches of the Milky Way 'come to Earth' at the solstices. 'Gates' to the lands of the gods and the dead are opened. The god Wiraqocha comes to Earth. Ancestor worship begins. Archaeological event Evidence of rapid spread of a sedentary agricultural civilisation throughout Andean region.
Mythical event 1 A llama, 'speaking as if he were a man', predicts a flood. Entire world destroyed by flood. Fox slips on a mountaintop, gets tail wet. This is why fox's tail is black. Astronomical event 1 Milky Way parts company with horizon at June solstice sunrise. In this year, fox's tail (in constellation) lies below horizon at December solstice sunrise. 'Gates' to land of gods slamming shut. Mythical event 2 'Old' god Wiraqocha hands staff over to mythical head of Inca lineage, Manco Capac, and then leaves the Earth. Astronomical-cosmological event 2 Conjunction of Saturn (Wiraqocha) and Jupiter (Manco Capac) on 19 June (Julian calendar), eve of June solstice AD 650, occurs at the edge of the June solstice branch of the Milky Way, where 'gates to land of the gods' are slamming shut. Wiraqocha departs this world as gates are closing. Archaeological event A brutal, secular military empire known as Wari seizes control of the Andean highlands. Institutionalisation of war. Introduction of class system. Damage to old religion of Wiraqocha.
Wiraqocha Inca, elderly father of first Inca emperor Pachakuti, prophesies that within five generations of kings the entire Andean civilisation and its religion will be destroyed.
Pachakuti Inca seizes leadership of the Incas from his father. Defeats the attacking Chanca tribe.
Pachakuti Inca conquers and pacifies all the tribes in the Cuzco region
Mythical event After 30 days of rain, a flood threatens to destroy Cuzco. Above the city looms the apparition of a tall, bearded man carrying a staff in one hand and a conch shell trumpet in the other. Pachakuti Inca goes to meet the apparition and the flood is averted. Astronomical-cosmological event Conjunction of Saturn (bearded apparition with staff=Wiraqocha) and Jupiter (Inca emperors=Jupiter's regents on Earth) in the same place in the sky as conjunction of AD 650, auguring the end of a world age. First return of this conjunction in 794 years. Conch shell represents December solstice point when Sun and Milky Way drift apart. As with events of AD 650, separation of living from access to 'gate' to land of dead signifies catastrophic destruction of Andean way of life. Historical event Pachakuti, whose name means 'overturner of space-time', declares the commencement of the fifth Sun, or world age. The Incas commence the conquest of the Andes.
Historical event A succession of Inca emperors conquer the Andes and the Pacific coastal plain from southern Colombia to central Chile. The Incas establish the Empire of the Sun. Historical time and myth time unite Incas establish rituals to stop flow of precessional time. They capture the lineage wakas (statues) of the tribes, representing the constellations from which each tribe descends, and chain them beneath an image of the Sun in the Temple of the Sun in Cuzco. Thus the wakas/stars cannot move in relation to the Sun. At the same time, the Inca sacrifice 500 unblemished children each year, to be despatched to their tribal/star homeland in the sky with the plea: 'Please do not let space-time turn over.'
Historical event At the zenith of his power, Huayna Capac, the last Inca emperor to rule before the conquest, is stricken with smallpox and dies. Civil war erupts. Mythical event Huayna Capac meets with Wiraqocha. They send a messenger to the underworld to bring a gift: a beautiful woman with luxurious hair. Huayna Capac marries her and leaves the Earth for ever. He assigns a kinsman in his place who oversees civil war and the Spanish conquest. Astronomical-cosmological event In 1524, a conjunction of all five visible planets takes place at the time of the zenith passage of the Sun.
Historical event 175 Spaniards capture the largest land empire in the world. Mythical event The prophecy of Wiraqocha Inca is fulfilled. Astronomical-cosmological event The Milky Way and the December solstice Sun part company, slamming shut the 'gate' to the land of the dead, signifying the end of Andean civilisation.
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