The Myth of the Andes

In the andes of peru, everybody is raised in those villages to believe that there is a dominant mountain deitya apu spirit. The idea of having this dialogue with a mountain is not as esoteric or obscure as it may sound. In an agricultural civilization where you see the clouds coalesce around the mountains,you know what can happen if frost or hail strikes your harvest,. There is a natural tendency to view the mountains as a source of both ity and life and potential danger. Their real consequenc to these different belief systems.