Chía (Muisca moon goddess)

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Chía is the Muisca civilization’s moon goddess, associated with night, water, and fertility in the mythology of the pre-Columbian Andes.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Muisca deity ⓘ
fertility goddess ⓘ
moon goddess ⓘ
associatedWith Moon ⓘ
agriculture ⓘ
cycles of time ⓘ
femininity ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
night ⓘ
rain ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
tides ⓘ
water ⓘ
celestialBody Moon ⓘ
civilization Muisca Confederation ⓘ
linked to: Muisca
complementaryDeity Sué ⓘ
consortOf Sué ⓘ
culture Muisca ⓘ
equivalentInOtherCulture other Andean moon goddesses (functional analogue) ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasSanctuaryAt Chía (sacred city of the Moon) ⓘ
hasTempleType temple on a hill or elevated place ⓘ
influenced Muisca agricultural cycles ⓘ
Muisca concepts of marriage and sexuality ⓘ
Muisca ritual calendar ⓘ
linkedTo Muisca lunisolar calendar ⓘ
chicha rituals ⓘ
eclipses ⓘ
omens ⓘ
mythology Muisca mythology ⓘ
nameLanguage Muysccubun ⓘ
nameMeaning Moon (in Muysccubun) ⓘ
region Altiplano Cundiboyacense ⓘ
Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes ⓘ
religion Muisca religion ⓘ
linked to: Muisca
role goddess of drunkenness in some traditions ⓘ
influencer of crops and harvests ⓘ
protector of lovers ⓘ
protector of women ⓘ
regulator of menstrual cycles ⓘ
spouse Sué ⓘ
timePeriod before Spanish conquest of the Muisca ⓘ
pre-Columbian era ⓘ
worshippedBy Muisca people ⓘ
linked to: Muisca
worshippedIn Bacatá region ⓘ
linked to: Calima region

Chía (town in Cundinamarca) ⓘ
linked to: Chía Municipality

pre-Columbian central Colombia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chía → namedAfter → Chía (Muisca moon goddess) ⓘ
Municipio de Chía → namedAfter → diosa muisca Chía ⓘ
linked to: Chía (Muisca moon goddess)
Chía → namedAfter → Chía (Muisca moon goddess) ⓘ
subject linked to: Chía town
Chía (sacred city of the Moon) → dedicatedToDeity → Chía (Muisca Moon goddess) ⓘ
linked to: Chía (Muisca moon goddess)
Chía (sacred city of the Moon) → mainDeity → Chía (Muisca Moon goddess) ⓘ
linked to: Chía (Muisca moon goddess)