Ancasmarca

{{short description|Mountain in Peru}} {{About||the district in the La Libertad Region, Peru|Angasmarca District{{!}}Angasmarca District|the mountain southeast of Wamanchuqi in the Calca District, Calca Province, Cusco Region, Peru|Pitusiray{{!}}Pitusiray}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Ancasmarca | other_name=Pitusiray / Sallcasa | image = Sacred_Valley_(7914100606).jpg | image_caption = The Urubamba mountain range as seen from the southwest. Chicón is on the left. Huamanchoque and Ancasmarca are visible on the right side in the background of this image. | elevation_m = 5198 | elevation_ref = <ref name=mapcalca>Mapa de peligros de la ciudad de Calca, Informe final, Proyecto INDECI – PNUD PER / 02/ 051, Ciudades sostenibles (see map of Calca)</ref> | prominence_m = | prominence_ref = | range = Andes, Urubamba | listing = | location = Peru, Cusco Region | map = Peru | range_coordinates = | map_caption = Peru | map_size = 200 | label_position = | coordinates = {{coord|13|15|06|S|71|59|07|W|type:mountain_region:PE_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = | topo = | type = | age = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }} '''Ancasmarca''',<ref name="mapcalca" /> also known as '''Pitusiray'''<ref name=maplatin>{{cite web |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/jog/latin_america/txu-oclc-224300691-sd19-05.jpg|title=South America Maps|author= |date= |website= |publisher=Joint Operations Graphic|accessdate=July 8, 2015}}</ref> or '''Sallcasa''',<ref name="escale">escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Calca Province (Cusco Region) </ref> is a {{convert|5198|m|ft|0|adj=mid|-high}} mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District, north of the Vilcanota River. Ancasmarca is situated northeast of Huamanchoque, southeast of Canchacanchajasa, south of Sahuasiray, and southwest of Ccerayoc and Condorhuachana.<ref name=mapcalca/><ref name=escale/>

==Mythology== Around 1575, the Spaniard Cristòbal de Molina wrote about the origins of the site in ''Relación de las fábulas y ritos de los Incas'' (Account of the Fables and Rites of the Incas). According to him, after consulting with his llamas, a shepherd foresaw the great flood. He took refuge with his 6 children on top of the Ancasmarca hill, which elevated as the waters rose. When the water cleared, the shepherd's children repopulated the region. For Molina, this was proof that the Andes had experienced the great flood told in the Bible by Noah. Other versions of the story explain that the llamas were sad because the stars were high in the sky and the animals understood what was coming.<ref>David Knowlton, [http://cuzcoeats.com/stars-llamas-and-people-the-origin-of-ancasmarca/ Stars, Llamas, and People: The Origin of Ancasmarca], ''Cuzcoeats.com'', 27 May 2014</ref>

==Etymology== The word Ancasmarca is of Quechua origin and could have two different meanings:<ref>{{Ref Laime}}</ref><ref>{{in lang|es}} [http://cusconoticias.pe/complejo-arqueologico-de-ancasmarca-calca Complejo Arqueológico de Ancasmarca – Calca], ''Cusconoticias.pe'', 22 October 2014</ref> *''Anqas'' or ''ancash'': blue; ''marka'': village; "blue village" *''Anca'': eagle; ''marka'': village: "village inhabited by eagles"

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==Further reading== *{{cite book|title=Account of the Fables and Rites of the Incas|author=Cristòbal de Molina|publisher=University of Texas Press|date=January 2011|pages=186|ISBN=978-0-292-74398-4}} *{{cite book|title=Investigaciones arqueológicas en Ancasmarca Calca José Gonzáles Corrales|author=José Gonzáles Corrales|date=2003|publisher=Instituto Nacional de Cultura Cusco|pages=61|language=es|url=http://biblioteca.culturacusco.gob.pe/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1454}}

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