 According to the Inti legend, Manco Cápac and his siblings were sent up to the earth by the sun god and emerged from the cave of Pacaritambo carrying a golden staff, called "tapac-yauri".Instructed to create a Temple of the Sun in the spot where the staff sank into the earth, they traveled to Cusco via caves and there built a temple in honour of their father Inti.However, given the absence of a written tradition recounting this tale before the publication of "Comentarios Reales de los Incas" by Garcilaso de la Vega in the year 1609, the authenticity of this legend as a legitimate Incan legend is questioned.