Ekeko
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In the mythology and folklore of Bolivia and northern Argentina Ekeko is a fortune bearer god that has not lost prestige. It is used to offer him banknotes and/or coins to obtain money, grains for a good harvest, and some food to ensure prosperity in general. Ekeko is also known in other zones of Argentina due to immigration and internal migrations, but there his followers, who adopted him as a superstition more than as a folkloric deity, consider him as some kind of beneficent patron.
In art he is depicted as a man, wearing traditional Bolivian clothes (especially the cap) and carrying bags and baskets with grain and food (compare with the cornucopia of some Greco-Roman deities); he is commonly found as a little statue to be put in some place of the house, preferably a comfortable one, but also as an amulet holding from key rings; modern statues of the god include a circular opening in his mouth to place there a cigarette (better if lit) for Ekeko's pleasure.
</div> ja:エケコAccording to the students, the first indications of the existence of the "Ekeko" in the Andean culture, go back to the time of Tiwanaku, after to have found líticas pieces with the back adunco to borders of the Titikaka Lake in 1942.1. And some others in silver in addition with the viril member to great dimensions and in turgid state. This pre-Hispanic God goes back to the classic period of the culture of Tiwanaku (Approximately 200 years before common era and 700 after the common era Formerly the Ekeko or "Ekhako", was the God of the abundance, the joy and the sexual union. Its image done in gold, silver or stone, was one of the favorites of the ancestral Andean families. 1. The form of a smiling man occurred him, with the open arms and prominent sexual organs. Were also made it of stone, clay, wood, tin plate, jute and plaster, but always with the conviction that it was about a beneficient spirit and well-being for the families. Evidence exists of which the accomplishment of objects in miniature at Hispanic times was an extended practice between the cultures of the Andean zone enough. Many of these old crafts, some identified and others without no archaeological connection clearly, can be observed in national museums and particular collections
