Quilla is not trapped in the prison, she can come and go, but while her brother is not free neither is she. She is his reflection, they are linked, they are the sun and the moon. At night she dreams of her brother in prison, that he will never get out, as the moon she watches over him. She is his connection to time, to the seasons. As Inti has daydreams and nightmares and gets lost in the monotony of the prison, Quilla is his connection to the outside, to family and to time. Mama Quilla (Quechua mama mother, killa moon, “Mother Moon”, hispanicized spelling Mama Quilla), in Inca mythology and religion, was the third power and goddess of the moon. She was the Sister and Wife of Inti, Daughter of Viracocha and Mother of Manco Cápac and Mama Uqllu (Mama Ocllo), mythical founders of the Inca empire and culture.
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