The legend of the Kondor and the Hummingbird.....

FEELING AT ONE WITH THE SKY's PURITY, looking towards the Earth and all its confines, he said : "I AM THE KING OF THE BIRDS." As soon as THESE WORDS LEFT HIS MOUTH, he FELT SOMETHING UNUSUAL BENEATH HIS FEATHERS, and without knowing what it was,
SPUN AROUND SWIFTLY.  In that instant the HUMMINGBIRD FLEW OUT from beneath his feathers and PROUDLY PROCLAIMED to him : "YOU ARE THE KING OF THE BIRDS, but
I  FLY THE HIGHEST."
As soon as the competition began, the HUMMINGBIRD HAD APPROACHED the KONDOR, and ACTUALLY HID HIMSELF AMONG the KONDOR's  FEATHERS,  thereby USING the KONDOR AS HIS OWN VEHICLE INTO THE SKY UP TO THE HEIGHTS OF WIRACOCHA.
The COMPLICITY of these TWO BIRDS is PRESENTED in THIS STORY. For THIS REASON
the KONDOR HAS ALWAYS BEEN LINKED TO THE HUMMINGBIRD,  and BOTH ARE
REPRESENTED IN ANDEAN SYMBOLISM.
                                                      
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Without a doubt the KONDOR is the BIRD that SURPASSES the LIMITS OF ONE's OWN MIND
and IS CAPABLE OF SURPASS THE EARTLY LIMITS, ENABLING OTHER BEINGS TO BE ELEVATED.
The ANDEAN PEOPLE RECOGNIZES WIRACOCHA's INTENTIONS for THIS BIRD, and as a result, in myths and legends about WIRACOCHA's DESCENT TO EARTH, it was the KONDOR that BROUGHT AND GUIDED HIM AMONG THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS.