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, protector of the Moche and provider of water, food and military triumphs.
The existence of such iconographic character was first proposed by archaeologist Rafael Larco Hoyle. Contemporary analysis have questioned that it may been a single god, instead finding several mythological characters.[7][8]
Representations
The most common representation of Aiapæc is the one seen in the murals of the Temples of the Sun and the Moon, which present an anthropomorphic face with feline fangs surrounded by ocean waves.
Aiapæc was represented in several ways, depending on the period, place and medium used. In metallurgy, for example, Aiapæc is often seen as a spider with eight legs and an anthropomorphic face with jaguar fangs. In ceramics, the divinity is often more anthropomorphic, usually with his head in his hands and sometimes with two snakes sprouting from his head. In sculpture, he is shown with a staff.
It is said that during human sacrifices, prisoners were decapitated and their heads given to Aiapæc.
^Donnan, Christopher B. (1978). Moche Art of Peru. Pre-Columbian Symbolic Communication. Los Angeles, CA: Museum of Cultural History, University of California.
^Castillo Butters, Luis Jaime (1989). Personajes míticos, escenas y narraciones en la iconografía mochica. Lima: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
^de Bock, Edward K. (2003). "Templo de la escalera y ola y la hora del sacrificio humano". In Uceda, Santiago; Mujica, Elías (eds.). Moche: hacia el final del milenio: Actas del Segundo Coloquio sobre la Cultura Moche, Trujillo, 1 al 7 de agosto de 1999 (in Spanish). Vol. 1. Lima: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú/ Universidad Nacional de Trujillo. pp. 307–324.
