Chibchacum

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Chibchacum is a prominent Muisca deity associated with rain, thunder, and the earth, often linked to floods and the punishment of humanity in their mythology.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chibchacum canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Muisca deity ⓘ
deity ⓘ
associatedWith earth ⓘ
floods ⓘ
rain ⓘ
thunder ⓘ
category Andean deity ⓘ
Pre-Columbian deity ⓘ
causeOf earthquakes in Muisca belief ⓘ
consequenceOfFlood Bochica opening Tequendama Falls to drain the waters ⓘ
cosmologicalRole supporter of the earth ⓘ
culture Muisca ⓘ
domain earthquakes ⓘ
floods ⓘ
rainstorms ⓘ
weather ⓘ
function protector of farmers ⓘ
protector of merchants ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasNarrativeTheme cosmic order and balance ⓘ
divine punishment ⓘ
knownFor sending a great flood to punish humans ⓘ
languageContext Chibcha language ⓘ
linked to: Muisca language
mythicEvent great flood of the Muisca ⓘ
mythology Muisca mythology ⓘ
opposedBy Bochica ⓘ
pantheon Muisca pantheon ⓘ
linked to: Muisca religion
people Muisca people ⓘ
linked to: Muisca
punishedBy Bochica ⓘ
punishment condemned to carry the earth on his shoulders ⓘ
region Altiplano Cundiboyacense ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
religion Muisca religion ⓘ
religiousTradition Indigenous religions of the Americas ⓘ
role punisher of humanity ⓘ
symbol heavy burden of the earth ⓘ
timePeriod pre-Columbian era ⓘ
typeOfDeity earth god ⓘ
weather god ⓘ
worshipedBy Muisca ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Muisca → majorDeity → Chibchacum ⓘ
Muysca → majorDeity → Chibchacum ⓘ
Muisca religion → hasDeity → Chibchacum ⓘ