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Lady of Candelaria: See, Mama Igneos.
Lady of the Three Fires: See, Mama Igneos.
lagarto ronsapa: (n) The lizard bee, a mariri used in marupa sorcery as well as by healers to convey messages. AYV
laica: See, layca.
Lake Titicaca: (n) Considered the Womb of Pachamama, the seat of the feminine polarity of the planet. The masculine polarity is in Tibet. IGMP Located on the Bolivian/Peruvian border, the lake is central to the Inca creation stories. From it sprang the sun and the moon, Inkari and Collari. The waters of the lake are said to be the tears of the Creator. (See, Appendix B.)
LANDSAT Peru shot of Lake Titicaca.
lanla: (n) (1) A type of sorcery characterized as trickster, using confusion and misdirection.
(2) Earth elemental that eats hucha. JLH
lanlaku: (n) Bad ghost.
lanti: (n) Idol, graven image. PSL
lantin: (n) Radiant wrapping. CHAM
laqhayay: (v) To get dark. PSL
layca, layqa, laica (AYM): (n) Wizard; witch; sorcerer, brujo. RS ASD
laycachatha vmochatha (AYM): (v) Bind with spells. ASD
layqa: See, layca.
layqay: (v) To practice witchcraft. PSL
light body: See, luminous body.
Limacpampa: See, Rimacpampa.
limanda: (n) A portable sacred object representing a pledge to the ayllu -- taken home and displayed in the home by the pledger -- as a reminder of the debt and of the pledger’s membership in the ayllu. When the donor pays the pledge, s/he returns the limanda. (Origin of word unknown.) AWE
lineage: (n) Lineal descent from an ancestor or predecessor. RHCD PGO
Little Pachamama: (n) A spirit chosen by a community around Lake Titicaca. In colonial times, each community was encouraged to pick a saint or a Madonna as a protective spirit. IGMP
loa (Span): (n) The praisemaker of an Ecuadorian festival. He rides around the town on a horse, praising the patron of the festival and others. He is pelted with candy and sugar by yumbos, who try to draw blood. His only defense is to duck his head and ride quickly. TAV
lo andino (Span): (n) A culture complex that has survived the colonial period and the technological changes of the modern world -- a complex that has at its cultural ecological core an agropastoralism that takes advantage of environmental diversity to minimize risk and foster self sufficiency. It is the most profound meaning of the Andes and comes not from a physical description, but from the cultural outcome of 10 millennia of knowing, using and transforming the varied environments of western South America. NCA The timeless Andean way of doing things. Rituals are an integral part of daily activities and there is no clear delineation between the sacred and the profane. One enduring belief is in the circulation of life-giving forces throughout the world. JAR The Inca and pre-Inca did not think of the physical and metaphysical as being different realities. IGMP (See, ayni and Appendices H and I.)
lucero ayahuasca: (n) Literally, star ayahuasca. Also called cielo ayahuasca. EMM
lucid dream (Eng): (n) A dream wherein you are aware that you are dreaming and can direct the dream. Ludic dreaming is taught as a higher cognitive/psychospiritual skill on many seemingly different paths, i.e., nagualismo and Bön (Tibetan shamanism). Also called dream yoga, it is considered that skill with lucid dreaming will lead to a better conscious death experience. PGO
luluwen (Mapuche): (n) Subtle or material entity affecting those who sleep. CHAM
luminous awareness: (n) See, zero point.
luminous body (Eng): (n) A cocoon that only [qhawaqs] can perceive, a cocoon that gives us the appearance of giant luminous eggs. TEG (See, poq’po.)
lupitha: (v) Sunny (make sun). ASD
lupuna colorada: See, puka-lupuna, palero.
luratapa (AYM): (n) Creature of God. ASD
lurin: See, hurin.
luylu: (adj) Clean. QP