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ractania: (n) A type of geranium whose roots were charred and, while still very hot, packed around the teeth and left there to cool. It was very painful, but a treatment of last resort for people with gum disease. It burned away the diseased flesh which allowed new, healthy gum to grow. ACA
rainbow: See, k’uychi.
raio, rayo : (n) Rays of jungle lightning that come from the fire of the cosmos (sp). MBE Raio is often female lightning, but may be used for both male and female. Female lightning is vertical and strikes very quickly, almost without noise, straight down into the earth. It has the power to kill or carry away women, but not men. She is also a thief, striking into the earth where someone has hidden coins and takes the treasure up to the sky. ACES (See, illapa, relámpago.)
ranti: (n) Complimentary quality; soul mate. The unity of two harmonized masintin energies. KOAK The most powerful relationships are either hapu or ranti. Ranti relationships are relationships of equivalence with a common theme. They have masintin qualities (opposite) that bring power to aspects of life. JLH (adj) Equivalent. RS QNO
rantiymi: (n) My complementary one. JLH
raqra kunka: (adj) Hoarse. QP
rattle ayahuasca: See, ayahuasca cascabel.
rawway onqoy (unquy): (n) Fever. QP
rayamama: (n) The mythological mama of the river ray (Potamotrygon hystrix), also known as a pambamuri. AYV
raymi : (n) Celebration; festivity; party; fiesta. RS
raymi napa: (n) Llama flock dedicated for sacrifice. HOI (See, napa.)
raymi yawar, raymi yahuar: (n) A blood celebration. THIM
Raymi yawar. A family sacrifices a white
lamb and llama during preparations for Tinku.
recados (Span): (n) Literally, gift, message. Items placed in a despacho. KOAK
recapitulation (Eng): See, kutichiy.
red ayahuasca: See, ayahuasca colorada.
red magic: (n) In the Amazon, the equivalent of black, or harmful, magic. BOA
rejsiy: See, riqsiy.
relámpago (Span): (n) Male lightning, associated with loud rumblings, does not come to earth. It either flashes from cloud to cloud or partway to earth at a diagonal. ACES (See, illapa, raio.)
remocaspi: (n) (Aspidosperma excelsum, Pithecellobium laetum.) This plant’s cathartic medicine facilitates the knowledge of magical esoteric sciences, but will kill those who do not diet strictly before ingesting it. AYV (See, palero.)
renaquilla, renaco (Span): (n) (Ficus spp.) If those who ingest this bush have dieted properly, the mama of this plant will come in dreams and teach the quester how to heal with the plant, which is unmatched in curative powers for fractures and lesions. It can be applied raw or cooked. AYV
reqsiy: See, riqsiy.
rhea: (n) The ostrich-like bird of South America. The brown and white plumes are believed to connect the wearer with his ancestors back to ancient times. IGMP
A Rhea americana, height 4 to 5 feet.
Andean celebrants with rhea-feather headwear.
ribereño (Span): (n) A person who lives on the river bank in the Amazon forest. AYV
ricachicuy: (n) A fund-raising ceremony for an ayllu during which members who made pledges pay them and return their limandas (sp.). AWE
ricsi: See, riqsi.
ricsina: (n) Experiential knowledge, which the individual must balance with yachana. WCE (See, also, yachaj.)
rigsi: See, riqsi.
rikch’akuq: (adj) Similar. QP
rikch’aq: (n) Kind, type. QP
rikch’ariy, rikch’arichiy: (v) To wake up. QP
rikhurichiy: (v) To make appear, to organize. PSL
rikhuriy: (v) To appear. PSL
rikoj: (n) Seer. RS (See, qhawaq.)
Rikramanta (Amaz): (n) A snake with arms and female breasts whose icaro is sung to visit distant planets. AYV
Rikramanta. From a painting by vegetalista
Pablo Amaringo. AYV
riksiy: See, riqsiy.
rikuchikuy: (n) Gift, present. QP
rikuchiy, rikurichiy: (v) To show, to exhibit. PSL
rikuy: (v) To see. PSL QP To notice. RS
rilihiyun: (n) Religion (sp.)
Rimacpampa, Limacpampa: A large flat area on the eastern edge of ancient Cusco in which a number of important festivals were held. AEAA (Derived from a word for speech, conversation. RS)
rimanakuy: (n) Traditional Andean wedding. ROR
rimay: (v) To speak. (n) Language, word. QP
rimaykuy: (v) To explain. QP
riparay(v) To realize. PSL
riqsi, ricsi, rigsi: (n) Acquaintance; friendship. RS
riqsichiy: (v) To introduce someone. QP
riqsinakuqmasi: (n) Friend. QP
riqsiy, reqsiy, rejsiy, riksiy, ricsina: (v) To know; to recognize; to examine; to have seen. RS To know (people and places), to recognize. QP
riti: (n) Snow.
riy: (v) To go. QP
Road of Wiracocha: (n) The ceke connecting Tiwanako, Pucara and Cusco, each city equidistant along the line. IGMP
Road of Wiracocha. A line drawn from Tiwanako to
Cusco, goes directly through Pucará, which is exactly
equidistant along this line from Cusco and Tiwanako.
Roal: (n) A guiding principle of power of the Altomesayoc; a fully embodied Altomesayoq; the equivalence of power of the Altomesayoq; directors of the mesa. JLH The creator spirit and head of the Apu gods who proposed the foundation of a city where they could all live in harmony. None of the Apus responded, for which Roal punished them, creating the sun and the moon. The Apus could not tolerate the light of the sun, which dried them out, turning them into skin and bones, so they preferred to remain in the darkness. CDC Creator deity of the Q'ero community of the Andes near Cusco. MLN
ronsapa (Amaz): (n) A bee, used by marupa sorcerers as a mariri. AYV
roq’a: (n) Spiny plant (Colletia spinosa) used in folk medicine. ROR
rumi: (n) (1) Rock, stone. (2) Stone spirit. RS (See, khuya, encanto, yachai sami rumi.)
rumi maki: (n) Literally, stone hand. The martial arts of the Inca, historically known only amongst the elite. RMFA
Rumiñahui: Literally, stone face. PGO (See, ñawi.) The name of a general of the Inca army and a brother of Atahualpa. When the Spanish imprisoned Inca Atahualpa in 1533, he promised roomfuls of gold and silver to ransom himself. From his territories Rumiñahui demanded basket loads of sacred objects placed on a caravan of llamas to transport the treasure through the mountains to Cajamarca, where the Inca was imprisoned. Before he could be ransomed, however, Atahualpa was executed. In his fury Rumiñahui ordered his horde of treasure hidden somewhere in the Andes. FAE
rumi sonqo: (adj) Hard hearted, cold hearted, literally, heart of stone. PSL
runa: (n) Person, being. Plural is runakuna. ROR RS Person of indigenous descent. CSCR
Runa Antilis: (n) A purported UFO landing site at Lake Titicaca. (See, spaceships.) IGMP
runachakuy: (n) A church wedding. Also called casarakuy or warmichakuy.
runakuna: (n) (1) Plural of runa. (2) Tradition of the people. JLH
runa masi: (n) Fellow man. PSL
Runasimi: (n) (Span) Literally, language of the people. The native language of the ancient Incas and still the dominant indigenous language of the Andean people.
runauturuncu: (n) It is a zoöanthropomorphic entity, like the werewolf (loup-garou) of Western lore, a human being who transforms or shapeshifts into the jaguar. PGO There is a South American myth that the ancient dwellers of the forest called runauturuncu. This name is formed with two Quechua words: runa man and uturuncu jaguar. This creature is a sorcerer. Its power is believed to have been obtained through a pact with Supay, from reasons relating to revenge, and/or possession of animal vigor with human intelligence. WTC (See, nagual, double.) One of the most prominent figures to appear in the archaeological record has been what archaeologists call the were-jaguar. This figure is known by distinctive snarling mouths, toothless gums or long, curved fangs, and even claws. It is believed in myth that a jaguar was to have copulated with a human female and gave rise to this creature. EWO
runtu: (n) Egg. PSL
rupay, ruphay: (n) (1) Inner sun, solar plexus, connects us to everything. (2) Heat; ardor. (3) Inti and the sun. JLH RS
rupha: (n) Fever. QP
ruphariy: (v) To run a fever. QP
ruphasqa haywa: (n) Burnt offering. ROR (Also called, ofrenda quemada.)
ruqya: (n) Noise. QP
ruq’tu: (adj) Deaf. QP
rutuchikuy: (n) Ceremonial first cutting of the hair; the ritual is of pre-Spanish origin. ROR Performed when the child reaches one year of age. HOI The hair and nails were cut by the most venerable uncle of the child using sharpened stones. There was dancing and drinking; gifts were given according to the child’s station in life. ACA An initiation ritual marking the transition from crawling to walking. MOC
ruway: (v) To do, to make. QP