Kon (Pre-Incan mythology)

He is thought to be a deity to the Paracas Civilization, who was later adopted into Nazca and Incan mythology through different names.

This angered Kón, so to punish the humans, he receded their waters, turning the lush land into coastal deserts instead.

[3] After some time, another god arrived from the South to challenge Kón, his name was Pachacámac (Pacha Kamaq) and he was another son of Inti.

[4] Pachacámac turned the people of Kón into monkeys, lizards, foxes and birds to live in the Andes and he created new humans to populate the earth.

The duo can represent a number of struggles between two opposing forces, such as the sun and the moon & the North and the South.

[6] Some scholars believe that the Nazca line named "The Astronaut" is a depiction of the god Kón, because he seems to have no bones or joints and his large eyes are a primary feature.

By 1483, both the Paracas and Nazca Civilizations had ceased to exist, and the Inca Empire ruled over parts of present-day Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.

The creation myth of the god Viracocha begins differently from that of Kón, but it has some borrowed elements incorporated into it.

He is also associated with the rains of the region and is sometimes referred to as "Kon-Tiki", as a nod to the creation myth and the god Kón of the earlier civilizations.

This 1947 voyage was one led by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl from South America to the Polynesian Islands.