Bochica

Muisca · demigod · mythic · demigod

Muisca civilizing culture-hero, bearded old man who taught law, crafts and morals, then drained the flood at Tequendama.

Domains

civilization
law

Powers

Shatter the rocks at Tequendama to drain the great flood
Teach the people weaving, agriculture and metalworking
Appear and depart upon a rainbow before the Muisca

Epithets

Bochica

Relations

enemy: Huitaca
enemy: Chibchacum
companion: Cuchavira

Sources

Pedro Simón, Noticias historiales (c.1625); Rodríguez Freyle, El Carnero

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