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 2

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 Muisca language
surface form: Chibcha language
mythicEvent great flood of the Muisca
mythology Muisca mythology
opposedBy Bochica
pantheon Muisca religion
surface form: Muisca pantheon
people Muisca
surface form: Muisca people
punishedBy Bochica
punishment condemned to carry the earth on his shoulders
region Altiplano Cundiboyacense
Colombia
religion Muisca religion
religiousTradition Native American religions
surface form: 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 (2)

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

Muisca majorDeity Chibchacum
Muysca majorDeity Chibchacum