huaco

It is said that the natives discovered its qualities by observing that a bird called the huaco, which feeds on snakes, whenever it was bitten flew off and ate some of this plant.

Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas

[239] In the religion of the Incas the idol (huaco) of the Moon was in charge of women, and when it was brought from the house of the Sun, to be worshipped, it was carried on their shoulders, because they said "it was a woman, and the figure resembled one."

Moon Lore

Another is the juice of the creeping plant called vejuco de huaco

Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests

Saying this, he produced from his pocket some cake of the huaco leaves,

Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas

As for the other religious terms, 2 are Nahuatl: teocalli ` temple 'and teopan ` temple grounds'; 2 are Quechua: huaca or guaca ` an ancient Peruvian sacred object, such as a mountain, animal, shrine, or artifact, inhabited by a god or spirit 'and huaco or guaco ` a pre-Columbian relic of Peru,' as an object discovered in a tomb; and one is Mayan: cenote ` a natural well or sinkhole into which sacrificial offerings were thrown during ceremonies. '

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3

"Courage, Senor, courage!" exclaimed the Indian; "I have some huaco cake with me.

Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas