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Aiapæc orAi Apaec (fromColonial Mochica ⟨aiapæc⟩*[ajapʷɨk] "creator"[1]),[2]Wrinkled Face,[3]the snake-belted figure,[4] orthe god of the mountains,[2][5][6] is a mythical character identified inMoche iconography, and possibly the mainMochedeity. According to some archaeologists, it may have been the most feared and adored of all punitive gods, worshipped as thecreator god, protector of the Moche and provider of water, food and military triumphs.
The existence of such iconographic character was first proposed by archaeologistRafael Larco Hoyle. Contemporary analysis have questioned that it may have been a single god, instead finding several mythological characters.[7][8]
The most common representation of Aiapæc is the one seen in the murals of theTemples of the Sun andthe 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 aspider with eight legs and an anthropomorphic face withjaguar 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.
Ceramic jug with flared rim showing episodes from the mythological epic of Aiapaec inLarco Museum, Lima)
Ai Apaec is a villain in theMarvel Universe. He is depicted as having the torso of a human male (with snakes for hair and large fangs) and the lower body of an enormous spider. Recruited byNorman Osborn, he is given a special serum that changes him into a six-armed version ofSpider-Man. In this form, he serves as a member of Osborn's second version of theDark Avengers.[9] He first appeared inOsborn #1 (2011). He also makes an appearance during the "Spider-Island" saga.[10] In "Spider-Verse", a version of Ai Apaec from Earth 1771 was consumed by the inheritorKarn after being exiled from his family.
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^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.
^Uceda, Santiago (2008). "En busca de los palacios de los reyes de Moche". In Makowski, Krzysztof (ed.).Señores de los reinos de la luna. Colección arte y tesoros del Perú. Lima: Banco de Crédito del Perú. pp. 111–127.ISBN978-9972-837-19-7.
^Makowski, Krzysztof (2022). "¿Uno (Aiapaec) o muchos?: el debate sobre el panteón moche = One deity (Aipaec) or many? The debate on the Moche pantheon".Dioses y creencias del Perú prehispánico = Gods and beliefs of Prehispanic Peru. Lima: Erns & Young. pp. 290–491.ISBN978-612-5043-31-3.
