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.

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Chía (Muisca moon goddess) canonical 1

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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
surface form: Muisca Confederation
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 lunisolar calendar
surface form: Muisca ritual calendar
linkedTo Muisca lunisolar calendar
chicha rituals
eclipses
omens
mythology Muisca mythology
nameLanguage Muysccubun
nameMeaning Moon (in Muysccubun)
region Altiplano Cundiboyacense
Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes
surface form: Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes
religion Muisca
surface form: Muisca religion
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
surface form: Muisca people
worshippedIn Calima region
surface form: Bacatá region

Chía Municipality
surface form: Chía (town in Cundinamarca)

pre-Columbian central Colombia

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Chía namedAfter Chía (Muisca moon goddess)