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varayoq: See, warayoq.
vegetal (Span): (n) Another name for ayahuasca. AYV
vegetalista (Span): (n) Indigenous healer who employs plants. By far, in the Peruvian Amazon, most are ayahuasceros. You can only become a good vegetalista by keeping a diet or fasting for years, then you become one that knows the science of the muraya, of the sumiruna, and of the banco, which are the three highest levels in the traditional vegetalista medicine in the Amazon. These differentiated levels are not consistent throughout the Amazon, and are in places used interchangeably. AYV
vicuña: (n) (Vicugna vicugna) is one of two wild South American camelids, along with the guanaco, which live in the altiplano. It is a relative of the llama and the alpaca. Vicuñas produce small amounts of extremely fine wool, which is very expensive because the animal can only be shorn every three years. When knitted together, the product of the vicuña's fur is very soft and warm. It is understood that the Inca raised vicuñas for their wool, and that it was against the law for any but royalty to wear vicuña garments. Both under the rule of the Inca and today, vicuñas have been protected by law. Before being declared endangered in 1974, only about 6,000 animals were left. Today, the vicuña have recovered to about 125,000 individuals and are still considered endangered. WIKI
Vicuña. WIKI
Vichama: See, Wichama.
vilca, villca: See, willka. ROR
Vilcabamba: (n) Literally, sacred ground or valley. The last stronghold of the Inca and a spiritual center. The shamans of Vilcabamba are very pure in their medicine. JLH Last stronghold under Manco Capac after his rebellion against the Spanish. (See, Appendix H.) (See, Espiritu Pampa.) [Since there is no “V” or “B” in Quechua (entering the language from Spanish) it would be Willkapampa. - Patt. See, willka. ]
Vilcanota River: Considered the major artery for the movement of water collected from the smaller tributaries of the earth back to the cosmic sea, from where it is taken up into the sky within the Milky Way (Mayu) and recycled through the universe (see, image at Mayu). The Milky Way is itself thought to be the celestial reflection of the Vilcanota River. ACES
Viracocha: See, Wiracocha.
virola (Amaz): (n) A type of entheogenic snuff. AYV
virote: (n) A magical dart often thrown by a sorcerer with the intention of causing illness or death. Such malevolent darts are made from the thorns of various plants and trees, the beak of certain birds, the fangs of snakes, or the hair of the casha-cushillo. AYV The magic construction of virote with the impeccability of the healer transfers an amount of sober and compassionate energy (dart) into the patient, sticking it on top of a negative imprint. SPP A sharp object that can be made from either thorns like the ones of the huiririma (Astrocaryum jauari) the huicungo (Astrocarium vulgare), and the supay-casha caspi (unidentified); animal bones or teeth (for instance, a piranha tooth), usually employed by brujos to cause harm or to kill. Virotes can be active or passive depending on whether they are meant for offense or defense, respectively. EMM (Also, chonta.)
vllitatatha (AYM): (v) Open the eyes. ASD
vma (AYM): (n) Water. ASD
vraque (AYM): (n) Ground or Earth. ASD
vruquipatha (AYM): (v) To enter the day before the rising of the Sun. ASD
vrutati pacha (AYM): (n) Time of great ice. ASD
vrutta (AYM): (n) Full Moon. ASD