Marriage Farther the Death: Feminine Widowhood in Prehispanic Andes

Authors

  • Gracia Ortiz Portillo Universidad de Granada. Departamento de Historia Moderna y de América

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/cn.v0i33.1773

Keywords:

Women and Gender, Inca Culture, Andes, Widows, Inca Tributes, Funerary Sacrifice, Mummy Cult

Abstract

The marriage wasn’t an option in Prehispanic Andes; it was the exclusive adult way of life. For women this wedding union prolongs farther husband’s death. Wives accompanied theirs partners after the death, ones of them giving theirs lives in order to go together with theirs husband to world beyond; others with mourning manifestation and attending husband mummy. This article studies the differents ways that widow could live in Andes, a life always tie with her deceased husband. We also analyze the widow position in the inca tributary system in which the State and communitarian systems made specials conditions in order to help these women who lost husbands work effort.

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Published

2007-03-10

How to Cite

Ortiz Portillo, G. (2007). Marriage Farther the Death: Feminine Widowhood in Prehispanic Andes. Chronica Nova. Revista De Historia Moderna De La Universidad De Granada, (33), 265–283. https://doi.org/10.30827/cn.v0i33.1773