In the present article, we propose an analysis of the imaginary of Garcilaso de la Vega about the Chiriguano - a speaking Guaraní people who, around the 15th century, settled in the borderline of the empire of the Andes. The fierce battles in which they engaged against the imperial inca armies and later against the Hispanic people led the chronicler Garcilaso de la Vega to describe the Chiriguano as the antitheses of civilization. Our analysis shows how this mestizo chronicler viewed the Chiriguano, hoping to point out similarities between the Christian imaginary and the inca imaginary.
imaginary; barbarity; Chiriguano; Garcilaso de la Veja; Incas.