Muisca religion

E920838

Muisca religion was the pre-Columbian belief system of the Muisca people in the Colombian Andes, centered on nature deities, ancestor worship, and elaborate ritual practices.

All labels observed (9)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous religion ⓘ
polytheistic religion ⓘ
pre-Columbian religion ⓘ
associatedWithMyth Bachué emergence from Lake Iguaque ⓘ
Bochica opening Tequendama Falls ⓘ
El Dorado ritual at Lake Guatavita ⓘ
coreBelief ancestor worship ⓘ
cosmic dualism of sun and moon ⓘ
sacredness of lakes and mountains ⓘ
veneration of nature deities ⓘ
cosmologyFeature tripartite universe of sky earth and underworld ⓘ
declineCause Spanish conquest of the Muisca ⓘ
hasDeity Bachué ⓘ
Bochica ⓘ
Chaquén ⓘ
Chibchacum ⓘ
Chía ⓘ
Cuchavira ⓘ
Furachogua ⓘ
Guahaioque ⓘ
Huitaca ⓘ
Nemcatacoa ⓘ
linked to: Nencatacoa

Nencatacoa ⓘ
Sué ⓘ
hasMainDeity Chiminigagua ⓘ
hasRitual calendar-based ceremonies ⓘ
child sacrifice ⓘ
divination by priests ⓘ
human sacrifice ⓘ
offerings of gold and emeralds ⓘ
pilgrimage to sacred sites ⓘ
ritual bathing in sacred lakes ⓘ
hasRitualSpecialist iraca ⓘ
ogquesa ⓘ
xeques ⓘ
hasSacredSite Chía Moon Temple ⓘ
Lake Guatavita ⓘ
Lake Iguaque ⓘ
Lake Tota ⓘ
Sugamuxi Sun Temple ⓘ
Tequendama Falls ⓘ
hasSymbol emeralds as sacred stones ⓘ
gold as sacred metal ⓘ
influencedBy Andean religious traditions ⓘ
practicedBy Muisca people ⓘ
linked to: Muisca
practicedIn Altiplano Cundiboyacense ⓘ
Colombian Andes ⓘ
Muisca Confederation ⓘ
linked to: Muisca
timePeriod pre-Columbian era ⓘ
usesCalendar Muisca calendar ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (33)

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

Balsa Muisca → associatedWith → Muisca religion ⓘ
Muisca golden raft → religion → Muisca religion ⓘ
zaque → religionContext → Muisca religion ⓘ
Iraca → religion → Muisca religion ⓘ
subject linked to: iraca
Sué → pantheon → Muisca pantheon ⓘ
linked to: Muisca religion
Bochica → religion → Muisca religion ⓘ
Bochica → mythology → Muisca mythology ⓘ
linked to: Muisca religion
Bachué → religion → MuiscaReligion ⓘ
linked to: Muisca religion
Bachué → mythology → MuiscaMythology ⓘ
linked to: Muisca religion
Bachué → appearsIn → MuiscaCreationMyths ⓘ
linked to: Muisca religion
Bachué → influenced → MuiscaCosmogony ⓘ
linked to: Muisca religion
Chibchacum → pantheon → Muisca pantheon ⓘ
linked to: Muisca religion
tunjos → offeredTo → Muisca deities ⓘ
linked to: Muisca religion
Lake Iguaque → religiousTradition → Muisca religion ⓘ
Lake Iguaque → associatedWith → Muisca mythology ⓘ
linked to: Muisca religion
Suamox → associatedWithMythology → Muisca mythology ⓘ
linked to: Muisca religion
City of the Sun → hasCulturalContext → Muisca religion ⓘ
Sugamuxi → religion → Muisca religion ⓘ
subject linked to: Sugamuxi (Muisca high priest)
Museo Arqueológico Suamox → subjectOf → Muisca religion ⓘ
Museo Arqueológico Suamox → subjectOf → Muisca mythology ⓘ
linked to: Muisca religion
Muisca lunisolar calendar → partOf → Muisca religion ⓘ
Muisca lunisolar calendar → partOf → Muisca cosmology ⓘ
linked to: Muisca religion
Chía (sacred city of the Moon) → influencedBy → Muisca mythology ⓘ
linked to: Muisca religion
Muisca language → associatedReligion → Muisca religion ⓘ
Muysccubun → usedIn → Muisca religion ⓘ
Iraca Valley → hasCulturalAssociationWith → Muisca religion ⓘ
El Infiernito → associatedWith → Muisca religion ⓘ
Ubaque Lake → religion → Muisca religion ⓘ
Ubaque Lake → associatedWith → Muisca mythology ⓘ
linked to: Muisca religion
Iguaque Lake → religiousTradition → Muisca religion ⓘ
Balsa de El Dorado → associatedWith → Muisca religion ⓘ
El Dorado ceremony → linkedBelief → Muisca cosmology ⓘ
linked to: Muisca religion