El Dorado ceremony
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The El Dorado ceremony was a legendary Muisca ritual in which a gilded ruler offered gold and treasures into a sacred lake, inspiring the myth of a golden city sought by Spanish conquistadors.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Muisca ritual
ⓘ
legendary ritual ⓘ pre-Columbian ceremony ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
El Dorado myth
NERFINISHED
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legend of El Dorado ⓘ myth of a golden city ⓘ |
| culture | Muisca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedBy | Spanish chroniclers ⓘ |
| documentedIn | 16th-century Spanish accounts ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of Colombian cultural heritage ⓘ |
| inspired |
European legends of a city of gold
ⓘ
Spanish search for El Dorado ⓘ expeditions of Spanish conquistadors ⓘ |
| linkedBelief |
Muisca cosmology
NERFINISHED
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Muisca sun worship ⓘ sacredness of lakes in Muisca religion ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainFigure |
Muisca chief
ⓘ
Muisca ruler covered in gold dust ⓘ zipa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offeringType |
emeralds
ⓘ
gold ⓘ other precious objects ⓘ |
| performedAt | Lake Guatavita NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedBy |
Muisca people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Muisca ruler ⓘ |
| performedInRegion |
Altiplano Cundiboyacense
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousFunction |
affirmation of ruler’s legitimacy
ⓘ
renewal of political and spiritual power ⓘ votive offering to deities ⓘ |
| representedByArtifact | Muisca raft (golden raft) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representedIn | Museo del Oro narratives ⓘ |
| resultingMyth |
European belief in hidden Andean riches
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idea of a golden king ⓘ idea of a kingdom rich in gold ⓘ |
| ritualAction |
covering the ruler with gold dust
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offering gold to a sacred lake ⓘ procession on a raft ⓘ throwing treasures into the lake ⓘ |
| sacredPlaceRole | water shrine ⓘ |
| sacredPlaceType | lake ⓘ |
| symbolism |
gold as representation of the sun
ⓘ
gold as sacred substance ⓘ lake as portal to the divine ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
before Spanish conquest of the Muisca
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pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
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