By Chris Snellgrove | Published
In Buffy The Vampire SlayerNatural disasters are one of the few threats our holder hero doesn’t Face when she is busy killing vampires, demons and other forces of darkness. However, it turns out that one of his most memorable enemies is inspired by two sets of volcanoes. In the Buffy Episode “Inca Mummy Girl”, the Inca Princess in question is inspired by a mummy found on a volcano in Peru, while the god of the mountain who asks for his sacrifice is inspired by another Peruvian volcano.
If you need a rapid refreshment, here is: in “Inca mummy girl”, Buffy and the scoopies have to face a mother who follows the soul who takes the form of a student in sexy exchange. The mummy has a fairly sad story on the establishment of a life it has never asked for, but that has not changed the fact that it was an existential threat to everyone in Sunnydale and beyond. Buffy and his crew had to arrest him, but what they do not realize or fans is that this convincing character is based on the Juanita mummy, an Incan girl whose body was discovered in 1995 on the dormant volcano of Ampato.
This real mummy was discovered two years ago Buffy First, and “Inca Mummy Girl”, depicted the monster of the week very friendly thanks to the body found in the volcano. The researchers determined that the girl was as young as 12 years old and was sacrificed by her people as a way to appease the gods. In the episode, The Mummy Girl is a princess who was chosen by his people as a sacrifice … Someone who would gladly exchange his young life for the lives of others.
Slayer is moved by her story, considering the princess as a family spirit whose life and possible death have been chosen by forces out of control. Interesting, this Buffy The episode never really mentions the volcano itself or the Juana mummy as inspirations for this memorable character. For this reason, fans may never guess that a second volcano helped shape “Inca mummy girl” in one of the best first episodes in the series.
Although it never appears on the screen, “Inca mummy girl” mentions Sebancaya, a god of the Incan mountain to whom the daughter of the mummy is supposed to be sacrificed. This character is based on Sabancaya, another volcano in Peru. Interesting, while Famat is a sleeping volcano, Sabancaya is a active One, what makes sense … After all, it is the volcanoes capable of destroying everything that surrounds them that generally receive the most sacrifices from old people in search of relief.
One of the reasons why fans like “Inca mummy girl” is that the villain is very different from the usual vamps and demons, which our favorite characters can sympathize but must finally stop. This Buffy The villain is a bit like an active volcano herself: beautiful, majestic and capable of leaving and killing countless people down a hat. And given that it is a franchise that has presented real gods like bad guys, we cannot help asking ourselves if the Inca gods are real in this universe and if Buffy made powerful enemies that day by dusting their princess.
It could be more a threat than even the killer cannot manage. But we can only guess how Buffy herself reacted: “If the lavapocalypse occurs, beep.”
