Chiminigagua

deity sky Muisca single tradition · 3

Chiminigagua created light and the world. After this creation, he created Chía and Sué to represent the Moon and the Sun respectively.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

Historical notes
Depicted in the reconstructed Sun Temple of Sogamoso based on archaeological findings from 1942.

Relationships

parent of
Sué, Chía

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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.”

#17304 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The symbols in the dome tell the story of the creation of the Earth by Chiminigagua, the Supreme Being of the Muisca.”

#17779 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Chía and Sué were the first generation of deities, created by Chiminigagua, in which they both illuminated light for earth.”

#18630 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001