Uku Pacha
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In Incan mythology, Ukhu Pacha ("the lower world") was the underworld
located beneath the Earth
's surface. Its symbol was the snake
, which was thought to die when digging into the earth and reborn after coming out of it.
Underworld
The Underworld is a region which is thought to be under the surface of the earth in some religions and in mythologies. It could be a place where the souls of the recently departed go, and in some traditions it is identified with Hell or the realm of death...
located beneath the Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
's surface. Its symbol was the snake
Snake
Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...
, which was thought to die when digging into the earth and reborn after coming out of it.