The Virgins of the Sun are a group of Inca women who appear in the book "Prisoners of the Sun". They first appear wearing white dresses with various colored sashes, headbands, and dress trimmings, and singing to the gods during the time of Tintin, Captain Haddock, and Professor Calculus's sacrifice to the sun god, Pachacamac, as per punishment by the Prince of Sun for violating the sacred temple and wearing the sacred bracelet of Rascar Capac, respectively. But when the eclipse, under the guise of Tintin controlling the sun, occurs, they- along with the other Incas-run in terror as they believe that the sun god was angry with them for such "undesired" sacrifices.
Trivia[]
- In the 1969 film, "Tintin and the Temple of the Sun, the Virgins of the Sun are all wearing the same style of clothing: white dresses with a pink headband and a pink sash around their waists.
- Unlike in the book, in the 1991-1992 TV series, there were only four Virgins of the Sun present along with Calculus, although it is implied that there are more.
- In historic times of the Incas, the Virgins of the Sun were given seven years of training on how to be priestesses of the sun god.
Virgins of the Sun in "Tintin and the Temple of the Sun".