Chris Snellgrove | Published
in Buffy the Vampire SlayerNatural disasters are one of the few threats of our honorable heroes. it’s not She makes her face when she is busy killing vampires, demons and other dark forces. However, we find that one of her most memorable enemies is inspired by two sets of volcanoes. in Buffy In the episode “Inca Mummy Girl”, the Inca Princess in question is inspired by a mummy found in a Peruvian volcano, but the mountain god demanding her sacrifice is inspired by another Peruvian volcano.
If you need a quick review, in “Inkami Mummy Girl,” Buffy and Scooby must deal with soul-sucking mummies taking the form of sexy exchange students. The mummy talks pretty sadly about plunging into a life she never wanted, but that didn’t change the fact that she is an existential threat to Sunnydale and everyone else since. Buffy and his crew had to stop her, but what they and most fans don’t notice is that this charming character is based on Juanita, a mummy, an Inca girl whose body was discovered in the dormant volcano in Ampato in 1995.
This real-life mummy was discovered two years ago Buffy Premiering, “The Inkami Mummy Girl” portrayed the Monster of the Week in a very sympathetic way, thanks to the bodies found in the volcano. Researchers determined that the girl was about 12 years younger and that she was sacrificed by her people as a way to appease God. In the episode, the mummy girl is a princess chosen by her people as a sacrifice… someone who willingly trades her young life for the lives of others.
Slayer is moved by her story, and the princess is seen as the spirit of a relative whose life and ultimate death have been chosen by forces beyond her control. Interestingly, this Buffy The episode doesn’t really mention the volcano itself or the mummy Juanita as inspiration for this memorable character. For this reason, fans may never be able to speculate that the second volcano helped shape “The Inkami Mummy Girl” into one of the better early episodes of the show.
Although he does not appear on screen, “Inca mummy girl” refers to Sebankaya, the Inca mountain god whose mummy girl is intended to be victimized. The character is based on Sabankaya, another volcano in Peru. Interestingly, Ampato is a dormant volcano, while Sabankaya is active One makes sense… after all, it’s a volcano that can destroy everything around them.
One reason fans love “Inkami Mummy Girls” is that the villains are very different from the usual vamps and demons. this Buffy The villain is like his own active volcano. Beautiful, majestic, and can kill countless people wearing hats. And considering that this is a franchise that featured actual gods as villains, we can’t help but wonder if the Inca gods were real in this universe and Buffy made the princess a powerful enemy that day by dust.
It can be more threatening than even a slayer can handle. But we can only speculate how Buffy himself will respond.
