Chía
Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #1185 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- 1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Worshipped by the Muisca people of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense since at least 1500 BCE.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Chibchacum, Chiminigagua, Tarqiup Inua, Awilix, Hanwi, Alignak, Igaluk, Bochica, Bachué
- consort of
- Sué
- syncretized with
- Huitaca
- child of
- Chiminigagua
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“After the creation of light and the world by Chiminigagua he created Chía and Sué to represent the Moon and the Sun respectively. While Chía was related to the zipas of the southern Muisca Confederation”
#17305 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Chía, a Goddess.”
#18393 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Chía and Sué were the first generation of deities, created by Chiminigagua, in which they both illuminated light for earth. Chía and Súe, the solar deity, are married, but separated in the sky most of the time, until Chía would join with her husband creating a Lunar eclipse.”
#18628 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Some chroniclers state Huitaca was another name for Moon goddess Chía”
#18726 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Muisca religion Chía - goddess of the Moon of the Muisca”
#19657 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001