El Dorado (legendary city of gold)

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South American legend legendary city mythical place

El Dorado is a legendary South American city or kingdom of immense wealth, famed in myth and exploration lore as a place rich in gold and precious treasures.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
El Dorado 6
Eldorado 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf South American legend ⓘ
legendary city ⓘ
mythical place ⓘ
associatedWith Age of Exploration ⓘ
Amazon Basin ⓘ
surface form: Amazon basin

Andes ⓘ
surface form: Andes region

Guatavita ⓘ
surface form: Lake Guatavita

Muisca ⓘ
surface form: Muisca people

Orinoco Basin ⓘ
surface form: Orinoco basin

Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
surface form: Spanish conquest of the Americas

ceremonial lake immersion ⓘ
conquistadors ⓘ
myth of a golden king ⓘ
ritual body covering with gold dust ⓘ
category New World myths ⓘ
legendary cities ⓘ
treasure legends ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Colombia (region of origin of the legend) ⓘ
culture Indigenous peoples of northern South America ⓘ
exploredBy Francisco de Orellana ⓘ
Gonzalo Pizarro ⓘ
Lope de Aguirre ⓘ
Philipp von Hutten ⓘ
Walter Raleigh ⓘ
surface form: Sir Walter Raleigh
hasPart gold ⓘ
gold dust ⓘ
golden artifacts ⓘ
golden city ⓘ
jewels ⓘ
precious treasures ⓘ
hasTheme colonial encounter ⓘ
greed ⓘ
illusion of utopia ⓘ
obsessive exploration ⓘ
quest for wealth ⓘ
influenced European exploration of South America ⓘ
cartographic myths of South America ⓘ
literature about lost cities ⓘ
search for mythical cities ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
meaningOfName the gilded one ⓘ
the golden one ⓘ
originatesFrom 16th-century colonial accounts ⓘ
Spanish reports of indigenous rituals ⓘ
presentIn European travel narratives ⓘ
South American folklore ⓘ
adventure literature ⓘ
films about lost cities ⓘ
modern popular culture ⓘ
status mythical, not historically verified ⓘ
timeOfOrigin 16th century ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Muisca → associatedLegend → El Dorado (legendary city of gold) ⓘ
this entity surface form: El Dorado
Guatavita → associatedMyth → El Dorado (legendary city of gold) ⓘ
this entity surface form: El Dorado
Rio Bravo → hasRemake → El Dorado (legendary city of gold) ⓘ
this entity surface form: El Dorado
El Dorado County → namedAfter → El Dorado (legendary city of gold) ⓘ
El Dorado County, California → namedAfter → El Dorado (legendary city of gold) ⓘ
this entity surface form: El Dorado
El Dorado International Airport → namedAfter → El Dorado (legendary city of gold) ⓘ
this entity surface form: El Dorado
Shakira → notableWork → El Dorado (legendary city of gold) ⓘ
this entity surface form: El Dorado
Candide → setting → El Dorado (legendary city of gold) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eldorado