Viracocha, Quetzalcoatl, Enki, Vishnu and Oannes were mysterious god-men who appeared after great floods to teach civilization to humanity. Legends from many ancient cultures around the world describe beings who arrived by sea and initiated people in arts, agriculture and other skills. Viracocha was central to Inca creation myths, appearing as a tall white man who taught at Lake Titicaca before departing over water. Remnants of these figures like the Bennett Monolith at Tiwanaku depict half-human, half-fish beings connected to figures like Oannes who emerged from the sea to educate early humans.

1. Viracocha – Quetzalcoatl – Enki – Vishnu -Oannes
At the dawn of the present time cycle just after the great
flood of Noah, recalled in the Bible and elsewhere, a
mysterious group of god men appeared at various locations
around the planet to initiate the survivors of the cataclysm
in the rudiments of civilization. Legends from Peru to
Sumeria, ancient Egypt to India, recount the arrival of god-
like beings appearing after the great flood. Osiris and The
Egyptian Thoth, India’s Vishnu, Enki and Oannes of
Sumerian and Babylonia, Quetzalcoatl and Viracocha in
the Americas, are remembered in ancient worldwide
legends as a group of beings collectively referred to as the
Fisher Kings — fisher’s of men.
Viracocha
The massive carved Viracocha effigy crowns the archway
of the ancient temple at Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) known as
the “Gateway of the Sun,” flanked by forty-eight winged
effigies, thirty-two with human faces and sixteen with
condor’s heads, the monument is hewn for a single block of
stone.
In the Andean creation story, Viracocha first appears at
Lake Titicaca, bringing culture to the ancient peoples of

2. South America. Fair-skinned and bearded, he travels the
countryside teaching art, astronomy, agriculture, geometry,
and various systems to improve the lives of the people.
According to the 16th century Spanish chronicler, Pedro
Sarmiento de Gamboa, recorded in his Historia de los Incas
a tale about Manco Capac the first Inca, he writes, “The
Great Flood being passed and the land dry, Viracocha
determines to people it a second time and to make it more
perfect, so he created luminaries to give it light, and with
this objective in mind, he went with his servants to a great
lake called Titicaca. Here Viracocha ordered that the sun,
moon, and stars should come forth and be set in the
heavens to give light to the world, and it was so. This done,
Viracocha made a sacred idol in that place as a place for
worship, and as a sign of what he had there created.
Leaving the island, he passed by the lake to the main land,
taking with him the two servants who survived.

3. He went on to a place now called Tiahuanacu (Tiwanaku)
in the province of Collasuyu and in this place he sculptured
and designed on a great piece of stone, the likenesses of all
the nations he intended to create. This done, he ordered his
two servants to charge their memories with the names of all
tribes that he had depicted, and of the valleys and provinces
where they were to come forth, which were those of the
whole land. He ordered that each one should go by a
different road, naming the tribes, and ordering them all to
go forth and people the country. His servants, obeying the
command, set out on their journey and work. All agree that
Viracocha was the creator of these people, and it is recalled
that he was a man of medium height, white skinned, and

4. dressed in a white robe like an alb secured round the waist,
and that he carried a staff and a book in his hands.
When he was ready to leave the land of Peru, he made a
speech to those he had created, apprising them of the things
that would happen. He told them that people would come
who would say that they were Viracocha, their creator, and
that they were not to believe them, but that in the time to
come he would send his messengers, who would protect

5. and teach them. Having said this, he went to the sea with
his two servants who went traveling over the water, as if it
was land, without sinking, for they appeared like foam over
the water, and the people therefore gave them the name of
Viracocha, which is the same meaning as the foam of the
sea.”
Another story recalls Viracocha (as Manco Capac),
emerging from a cave at Lake Titicaca after the re-
appearance of the sun…
“Manco Capac and his brothers arrived at the mountain
which is two leagues approximately from the town of
Cusco, and climbing to the top, they saw in it the rainbow,
which the natives call “guanacuari”, interpreting it as a
favorable omen, Manco Capac declares, “consider this a
sign that the world will not again be destroyed by water.”
The rainbow was depicted on the high altar of the Sun
Temple in Cusco and remains the insignia of the Inca
civilization to this day. The Inca’s are known as the
Rainbow One’s, those who’ve successfully initiated their
lightbody.
Even though many civilizations pre-date the Inca, it is to be
remembered that the Conquering Spanish called all the
ancient peoples of the Andes, Inca. The Incan civilization
ruled vast areas of South America at that time of the
Conquest, their territory being larger in landmass then the
Great Roman Empire at it zenith. The legends of Viracocha
predate the Incan Empire by hundreds, if not thousands of
years, and fall under the category of worldwide creation
myths.

6. The Monoliths Stelae
The Bennett Monolith
The largest Stelae at Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco), Bolivia, near
the shores of Lake Titicaca (above), is 24 feet high (20
ton), known as the Bennett monolith, or ‘Pachamama’
monolith, it stood for several years in front of La Paz
stadium when it was taken from the original site at
Tiwanaku in 1932. The monolith wasceremoniously
returned in March 2002. The lower half of its body which is
covered with fish-heads, reminds one of the Mesopotamian
deity, Oannes, the half-man, half-fish, amphibious being
who conveyed special knowledge to ancient mankind.
Oannes is often associated with the Andean creator god,
Viracocha.

7. Oannes of the Sea
He of the Vast Intellect
The story in which Enki tells the Sumerian Noah “Uta-
Napishtim” to build an ark, is similar to the Bible’s version
of the great flood. Berossus describes Enki/Oannes as
“Lord of the Sacred Eye” and “God of Wisdom”. He is said
to have emerged four times, at long intervals, from the
subterranean ocean to teach men the arts of civilization.

8. When he appears it is in human form wearing a fish-tailed
cloak. After educating mankind he returns to the waters, as
darkness falls.
“At Babylon there was a great resort of people of various
nations who inhabited Chaldaea and lived in a lawless
manner like the beasts of the field. In the first year there
appeared from that part of the Erythraean sea which
borders Babylonia, an animal destitute of reason by the
name of Oannes, whose whole body was that of a fish. That
under the fish’s head he had another head, with feet also
below, similar to those of a man, subjoined to the fish’s tail.
His voice too and language, was articulate and human. A
representation of him is preserved even to this day.
Oannes was accustomed to pass the day among men, but
took no food at that season. He gave them an insight into
letters and sciences, and arts of every kind. He taught them
to construct cities, to found temples, to compile laws, and
explained to them the principles of geometrical knowledge.
He made them distinguish the seeds of the earth, and
showed them how to collect the fruits. In short he
instructed them in everything which could tend to soften
manners, and humanize their lives. From that time forward
nothing material has been added in the way of
improvement to his instructions. When the sun had set this
Being retired again to the sea, and passed the night in the
deep, for he was amphibious. After this there appeared,
other’s like Oannes.
THE FIRST INCARNATION OR MATSYA AVATAR
OF VISHNU

9. “The fish has often been associated with the World Saviors.
who takes upon himself ten
forms for the was expelled
from the mouth of a fish in his first incarnation. Isis, while
nursing the infant Horus, is often shown with a fish on her
headdress. Oannes, the Chaldean Savior (borrowed from

10. the Brahmins), is depicted with the head and body of a fish,
from which his human form protrudes at various points.
Jesus was often symbolized by a fish. He told His disciples
that they should became “fishers of men.” The sign of the
fish was also the first monogram of the Christians. The
mysterious Greek name of Jesus, ?????, means “a fish.”
The fish was accepted as a symbol of the Christ by a
number of early canonized church fathers. St. Augustine
likened the Christ to a fish that had been broiled, and it was
also pointed out that the flesh of that Fish was the food of
righteous and holy men.” – Picart’s Religious Ceremonials.
Bennet Monolith (Viracocha), Tiwanaku, Lake Titicaca (above) As shown in Markawasi:
Peru’s Inexplicable Stone Forest.