These lines attempt to bring to light some of the enigmas that hitherto pertain to the narrative and dramatic cycle of Atahualpa, and more specifically, its contents concerning circulation of the “Inkarri myths”, as well as the popular reenactments in the regions of Alto Peru, to the Huillimapu, the Mapuche south. Departing from two important connections – one linguistic and the other rhetorical – we trace the language of circulation and the agencies involved in it. Furthermore, we offer an unpublished narrative variation of the capture and death of the Inca, registered in Huilliche community of Lomas de la Piedra, west of Osorno, Chile. The narrative and scenography variations alluded to, as well as the overall cycle of the Inca, are situated as contingent articulations of colonial history (of the history of the so called “Spiritual Conquest”), and at the same time as sociopolitical affirmations, Andean and Mapuche, bringing to bear dual-asymmetrical and cannibal textualities. These narratives and portrayals, simultaneously colonial and decolonial, interrupt the dichotomies traditionally accepted in the analysis of the cycle.
Keywords:
Atahualpa cycle, Inkarrí, Huilliche, Alto Peru, poem
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Ajens, A. (2017). Huilliche-High Peruvian Connections in the Atahualpa Cycle. Meridional. Revista Chilena De Estudios Latinoamericanos, (8), pp. 153–188. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-4862.2017.45400
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