Ancasmarca is situated northeast of Huamanchoque, southeast of Canchacanchajasa, south of Sahuasiray, and southwest of Ccerayoc and Condorhuachana.

He took refuge with his 6 children on top of the Ancasmarca hill, which elevated as the waters rose.

When the water cleared, the shepherd's children repopulated the region.

For Molina, this was proof that the Andes had experienced the great flood told in the Bible by Noah.

Other versions of the story explain that the llamas were sad because the stars were high in the sky and the animals understood what was coming.