Kon, Lord of the Earthquake

"In Pre-Incan mythology, Kón (Con) was the god of rain and wind that came from the North. He is thought to be a deity to the Paracas Civilization, who was later adopted into Nazca and Incan mythology through different names. He was a son of Inti (the sun god) and Mama Killa ('mother moon') . . . Kón was described as a being in the shape of a human, but had no joints or bones." [Kon (Pre-Incan mythology), Wikipedia]

While questioning Timoto Fernandez about a tentacled creature he saw in an underground lake near Machu Picchu, Laban Shrewsbury asked whether the creature could be "the amorphous horror god of the ocean depths, Kon, Lord of the Earthquake, of the pre-Inca people" [AWD Curwen]. Shrewsbury's description of the god as "amorphous" might be a reference to Kon's lack of a skeleton. However, it is not clear why Shrewsbury associated Kon with the ocean depths.

Kon's linkage with the term "Lord of the Earthquakes" appears to be quite indirect: it seems that Kon is confused at times with the later Inca creation deity, Viracocha; and the deity Viracocha, in turn, is associated with a statue of Christ that is kept at Cuzco Cathedral, which was built on the foundations of an ancient temple to Viracocha. This statue of Christ is credited with halting an earthquake when it arrived from Spain in 1650, and since then is known as Taitacha Temblores, the Lord of the Earthquakes. In ceremonies, the statue is offered petals of the ñucchu flower (salvia esplendes), used in ancient times as an offering to the gods Kon and Viracocha. [Legend of the Lord of the Tremors, retrieved 09/03/2024]

Possibly synonymous with: Cthulhu.

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