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ID: 901001763
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001763
Record Type: Character/Person

Cochamama (Inca deity)

Note: Inca deity of the sea.

Names:
Cochamama (Inca deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Mama Qoca (Inca deity) (English,U)
Sea Mother (Inca deity) (English,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
........<Inca iconography> (P)
............<Inca characters> (P)
................Cochamama (Inca deity) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Inca (culture, general)
.....(Late Intermediate Period, Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods, Pre-Columbian South American styles and periods, Pre-Columbian (American), Americas, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
deity of .... sea
.....(bodies of water (natural), natural landscapes, landscapes (environments), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), Built Environment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
originated in .... Inca Empire
.....(South America) (TGN)

Sources:
Cochamama (Inca deity)
................Dumbarton Oaks online (2002-)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Mama Qoca (Inca deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Sea Mother (Inca deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Dumbarton Oaks online (2002-)
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Inca gods from the article pre-Columbian civilizations," accessed 16 June 2016

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