Home›Open Questions›What Is the Origin of the Name Catequil?Open QuestionsWhat Is the Origin of the Name Catequil?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "What Is the Origin of the Name Catequil?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/what-is-the-origin-of-the-name-catequil.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). What Is the Origin of the Name Catequil?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/what-is-the-origin-of-the-name-catequilCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-what-is-the-origin-of-the-name-catequil, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {What Is the Origin of the Name Catequil?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/what-is-the-origin-of-the-name-catequil}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionCatequil is recorded only through Spanish colonial chronicles transcribing Andean-language testimony into Spanish orthography, none of which explain what the name itself means. The deity's association with thunder and lightning is well established from his recorded role and myths, but no confirmed derivation for the name has been established.What would resolve this A philological study of the name against Quechua and other Andean languages attested in the region, or an earlier colonial-era source recording the word alongside a stated meaning, neither of which has been identified in the existing chronicle record.OpenAndean historical linguistics, ethnohistory of the pre-Columbian AndesJohn R. Topic and Theresa L. Topic, Catequil: The Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Ethnography of a Major Provincial Huaca (Topic and Topic)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnCatequil, Deities Well-attested Source Catequil: The Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Ethnography of a Major Provincial Huaca (Topic and Topic)John R. Topic and Theresa L. Topictier 1SourcesCatequil: The Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Ethnography of a Major Provincial Huaca (Topic and Topic)tier 1John R. Topic and Theresa L. Topic, Springer (in Silverman and Isbell, eds., Handbook of South American Archaeology), 2008Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year