Pachacútec

The memory of power in the face of the fear of oblivion
Dynastic memory tries to overcome an impossible certainty: all human power comes to an end. That is why rulers seek to remain in bodies, monuments, rites, or accounts. Pachacútec brings that aspiration to the center of his government and preserves the presence of earlier sovereigns.
For Pachacútec, remembering requires materiality. The mummies preserved by their panacas and the representations in the Koricancha allow dead rulers to continue forming part of the political and religious order.
Memory also legitimizes the continuity of power.
CondorSoul questions that search for immortality. No preserved body guarantees the meaning of a life. Between the two perspectives a question arises: what truly remains of a person when his time comes to an end.
Dynastic memory reveals a universal fear: that oblivion erase not only a name, but also the meaning attributed to a life. That fear explains the intensity of their rituals and their desire to remain symbolically alive.