Muisca

E54255
Chibchan-speaking people indigenous people pre-Columbian civilization

The Muisca were an indigenous civilization of the Colombian Andes renowned for their advanced metallurgy, complex social and religious systems, and the goldworking traditions that inspired the legend of El Dorado.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Muisca canonical 29
Muisca people 21
Muisca Confederation 14

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chibchan-speaking people ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
pre-Columbian civilization ⓘ
alternativeName Chibchan peoples ⓘ
surface form: Chibcha (people)

Muysca ⓘ
artForm tunjos (small metal votive figures) ⓘ
associatedLegend El Dorado (legendary city of gold) ⓘ
surface form: El Dorado
capitalOfZaque Hunza ⓘ
capitalOfZipa Sibaté ⓘ
surface form: Bacatá
conqueredBy Spanish Empire ⓘ
conquestPeriod 1537–1540s ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
cosmologyFeature sun and moon worship ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
culturalRevival language and traditions revitalization in 20th–21st centuries ⓘ
economyBase emerald trade ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
potato cultivation ⓘ
salt mining ⓘ
floruit c. 600–1600 CE ⓘ
importantRulerTitle iraca ⓘ
tundama ⓘ
knownFor advanced metallurgy ⓘ
complex religious system ⓘ
complex social organization ⓘ
cotton textiles ⓘ
goldworking ⓘ
inspiring the legend of El Dorado ⓘ
intensive agriculture ⓘ
salt production ⓘ
trade networks in northern South America ⓘ
language Muysccubun ⓘ
languageFamily Chibchan languages ⓘ
mainRulerTitle zaque ⓘ
zipa ⓘ
majorDeity Bachué ⓘ
Bochica ⓘ
Chibchacum ⓘ
Chía ⓘ
Sué ⓘ
metalWorked copper ⓘ
gold ⓘ
tumbaga (gold-copper alloy) ⓘ
modernDescendants Muisca communities in Cundinamarca and Boyacá ⓘ
modernLocationOfBacatá Capital District of Bogotá ⓘ
surface form: Bogotá region
modernLocationOfHunza Tunja region ⓘ
politicalStructure loose confederation of chiefdoms ⓘ
region Andes ⓘ
religion polytheism ⓘ
ritualPractice offering gold and emeralds to sacred lakes ⓘ
ritualSite Guatavita ⓘ
surface form: Lake Guatavita

Lake Iguaque ⓘ
subregion Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes ⓘ
timePeriod Late pre-Columbian era ⓘ

Referenced by (82)

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

Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) → focusesOnCulture → Muisca ⓘ
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada → conquered → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muisca Confederation
Boyacá Department → ethnicGroup → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muisca people
Boyacá Department → preColumbianCulture → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muisca Confederation
Funza → preColumbianInhabitants → Muisca ⓘ
Zipaquirá → hasHeritage → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muisca culture
Chocontá → originalIndigenousInhabitants → Muisca ⓘ
Guatavita → nearbyIndigenousHeritage → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muisca culture
Sabana de Bogotá → historicalInhabitants → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muisca people
Sabana de Bogotá → preColumbianCulture → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muisca Confederation
Nemocón → hasHeritage → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muisca culture
Suesca → preColumbianInhabitants → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muisca people
El Dorado (legendary city of gold) → associatedWith → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muisca people
Muisca raft (Balsa Muisca) → creator → Muisca ⓘ
subject surface form: Muisca raft
this entity surface form: Muisca people
Muisca raft (Balsa Muisca) → culture → Muisca ⓘ
subject surface form: Muisca raft
Muisca raft (Balsa Muisca) → influencedBy → Muisca ⓘ
subject surface form: Muisca raft
this entity surface form: Muisca cosmology
Spanish conquest of New Granada → opponent → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muisca Confederation
Tunja → preColumbianCulture → Muisca ⓘ
Tunja → languageOfToponym → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chibcha
Sogamoso → historicalCulture → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muisca civilization
Sogamoso → wasReligiousCenterOf → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muisca religion
Chía (Muisca moon goddess) → culture → Muisca ⓘ
subject surface form: Chía
Chía (Muisca moon goddess) → civilization → Muisca ⓘ
subject surface form: Chía
this entity surface form: Muisca Confederation
Chía (Muisca moon goddess) → religion → Muisca ⓘ
subject surface form: Chía
this entity surface form: Muisca religion
Chía (Muisca moon goddess) → worshippedBy → Muisca ⓘ
subject surface form: Chía
this entity surface form: Muisca people
Muysccubun → spokenBy → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muisca people
Muysccubun → ethnicGroup → Muisca ⓘ
Muysccubun → usedIn → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muisca religion
Muysccubun → associatedWith → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muisca Confederation
Muysccubun → associatedWith → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muisca mythology
Altiplano Cundiboyacense → historicallyInhabitedBy → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muisca people
Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muisca people
Duitama → hasHeritage → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muisca indigenous territory
Piedras del Tunjo Archaeological Park → usedByCulture → Muisca ⓘ
Cordillera Oriental → indigenousPeoplesHistorically → Muisca ⓘ
Choachí → locatedInFormerTerritory → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muisca Confederation
Choachí → ethnicGroupInHistory → Muisca ⓘ
Gachancipá → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muisca territory
Gachancipá → ethnicGroupHistoricallyInhabiting → Muisca ⓘ
Bogotá River → nearbyIndigenousCulture → Muisca ⓘ
the golden one → associatedWithPeople → Muisca ⓘ
subject surface form: El Dorado
this entity surface form: Muisca people
Balsa Muisca → culture → Muisca ⓘ
Balsa Muisca → creator → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muisca people
Muisca golden raft → culture → Muisca ⓘ
Pasca → preColumbianCulture → Muisca ⓘ
Pasca → culture → Muisca ⓘ
subject surface form: Muisca golden raft
Chibchan peoples → hasPart → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muisca people
Chibchan peoples → preColumbianSocieties → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muisca Confederation
Muysca → alternativeName → Muisca ⓘ
Muysca → alternativeName → Muisca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chibcha