Chibchacum

Patron of the earth and builders who flooded the savanna; Bochica condemned him to hold up the world, his shifting felt as earthquakes.

Domains

• earth
• rain

Powers

• Flood the Bogotá savanna by overflowing the rivers
• Carry the world on his shoulders, causing quakes when he shifts

Epithets

• the earth-bearer latin · Chibchacum · chroniclePatron of farmers and merchants who upholds the earth; shifting it from shoulder to shoulder makes it quakeFray Pedro Simón, Noticias historiales (primary)
• Chibchacum Muysccubun · Chibchacum · epithetstaff of the Chibcha / the earth-bearerP. Simon, Noticias historiales de las conquistas de Tierra Firme (1627) (secondary)

Relations

• enemy: BochicaReciprocal of muisca_bochica.enemy — When Chibchacum flooded the savanna, Bochica opened the falls of Tequendama and condemned him to carry the earth, his shifting felt as earthquakes.Pedro Simon, Noticias Historiales (1626) (primary)

Sources

• existence: Pedro Simón, Noticias historiales (c.1625); Rodríguez Freyle, El Carnero (primary)