Pre-Columbian mythology and religion

collection of myths of the Aztec civilization

myths of Maya civilization

universe of legends and collective memory of the religion and worldview of the Inca Empire

mythology of the Guaraní people of South America

Bochica (also alluded to as Nemquetaha, Nemqueteba and Sadigua) is a mythical figure in the religion of the Muisca, who inhabited the Altiplano Cundiboyacense before the Spanish invasion by conquistadors in the central Andean highlands of present-day Colombia. There is little documentation concerning Bochica, who was mentioned by name in records from 1563 from Ubaque. "Bochica was variously described by witnesses as a building which [Melchor] Pérez de Arteaga had destroyed - as the father of a 'tiger' - perhaps a puma or jaguar that had recently been attacking travellers of local roads, and as

The goddess Bachué (in Chibcha language: "the one with the naked breast") is a mother goddess that, according to the Muisca religion, is the mother of humanity. She emerged of the waters in the Iguaque Lake with a baby in her arms, who grew to become her husband and populated the Earth. She received worship in a temple, in the area now within the municipality of Chíquiza, formerly called "San Pedro de Iguaque”.

triple goddess in the religion of the Muisca who inhabited the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in pre-Columbian times

Chibchacum or Chichebachun is the rain and thunder god in the religion of the Muisca who inhabited the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in pre-Columbian times.

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Sué, Xué, Sua, Zuhe or Suhé (from the Chibcha * "sun") was the god of the Sun in the religion of the Muisca. He was married to Moon goddess Chía. The Muisca and their confederation were one of the four advanced civilizations of the Americas;they developed their own religion on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Andes. Both the Sun and rain, impersonated by Chibchacum, were very important for their agriculture.