Inca Religion

Religion The Incas were probably one of the most religious cultures in history. Nearly every single aspect of their lives involved the worship of some sort of idol. They worshiped through prayers, dances, and sacrifices. Sacrifices were the most important form of worship. The Incas sacrificed a wide variety of things, ranging from objects they created, to crops they grew, to livestock, to their own children. The type of sacrifice they made depended on the …

…Cuzco, the Incas capital was the center of their universe. Most of the important Huacas in the area around Cuzco were conceived of as lying along lines that radiated from Cuzco. The Incas also saw the earth as being composed of four quadrants, whose dividing lines intersected in Cuzco. Like the earth, the heavens were also divided into quadrants. The movement of astronomical bodies through the four quadrants determined the Incan agricultural and ceremonial calenders.