Hunuc Huar

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Hunuc Huar was a deity worshipped by the Huarpe people, an extinct Indigenous group from South America who lived in present-day Mendoza, Argentina. The Huarpe people supplemented their agriculture with hunting and gathering and lived along rivers and lakes. They worshipped Hunuc Huar, who resided in the mountains, as well as the Sun, Moon, morning star, and hills. The Huarpe people were eventually deported to Chile as laborers, contributing to their extinction in the early 18th century.1

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They worshipped a god, Hunuc Huar, who lived in the mountains, as well as the Sun, the Moon, the morning star, and the hills. The population was never very large. Deportation to Chile as industrial labourers contributed to their extinction in the early 18th century.
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They worshipped a god, Hunuc Huar, who lived in the mountains, as well as the Sun, the Moon, the morning star, and the hills. The population was never very large. Deportation to Chile as industrial labourers contributed to their extinction in the early 18th century.
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