Chía
Muisca · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Moon goddess of the Muisca, wife of the sun Sué, honoured at her own temple in the town of Chía.
Domains
- moon
- fertility
Powers
- Light the night sky as the moon over the Muisca
Epithets
- Chía The Moon goddess; measure of months and the calendarFray Pedro Simón, Noticias historiales (primary)
Relations
- spouse: SuéMoon goddess and wife of the sun Sue; the two head the Muisca sky cult, she at Chia, he at Suamox.Pedro Simon, Noticias Historiales de las Conquistas de Tierra Firme (1626) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Pedro Simón, Noticias historiales (c.1625); Piedrahita, Historia general (1688) (primary)