Explore: Chibcha Mythology

The Muisca (also called the Chibcha) were a Pre-Colombian culture and colonial communities of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense before the Spanish colonization

Muisca or Muysca (*/ˈmɨska/ *[ˈmʷɨska]), also known as Chibcha, Mosca and Muysca of Bogotá, was a language spoken by the Muisca people, one of the many

Knowledge of Muisca mythology has come from Muisca scholars Javier Ocampo López, Pedro Simón, Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita, Juan de Castellanos and conquistador

Sué, Xué, Sua, Zuhe or Suhé (from the Chibcha language *[sua] "sun") was the god of the Sun in the religion of the Muisca. He was married to Moon goddess

municipality of Sesquilé, which means "hot water" in the now-extinct language of Chibcha, once spoken by the local indigenous people, the Muisca. Spanish colonizers

Tairona. Both were within the Chibchan Nations. By the 16th century, the Chibchas, were divided into two main groups: the Muisca, located in the plateaus

The goddess Chía (from the Chibcha language *[ʂia] "the one who is like the moon"), is a triple lunar deity in the religion of the Muisca who inhabited

Chiminigagua, Chiminichagua or Chimichagua (from the Chibcha language, pronunciation reconstructed as *[ʂiminiɣaɣua]) was the supreme being, omnipotent

Tisquesusa Sagipa cacique of Turmequé Diego de Torres y Moyachoque Neighbours Chibcha-speaking U'wa Sutagao Guane Lache Arawak-speaking Achagua Tegua Guayupe

unity of the region permitted the conservation of the Chibcha language and Muisca religion and mythology. Peace was disturbed when the southern Muisca zipa