Cuchavira
Muisca · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Rainbow deity ('shining air'), protector of labouring women and the sick, associated with Bochica's appearances.
Domains
- rainbow
- healing
Powers
- Appear as the rainbow when rain meets the sun
- Protect women in labour and those stricken with illness
Epithets
- Cuchavira The Rainbow; protector of women in childbirth and of the sickFray Pedro Simón, Noticias historiales (primary)
Relations
- companion: BochicaThe rainbow, 'shining air,' venerated as the sign on which Bochica appeared at Tequendama.Pedro Simon, Noticias Historiales (1626) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Pedro Simón, Noticias historiales (c.1625); Piedrahita, Historia general (1688) (primary)