Goranchacha

Goranchacha
GroupingCacique
Sub groupingZaque Sué (god of the Sun)
daughter of the cacique of Guachetá
FolkloreMuisca mythology
Other name(s)Son of the Sun
CountryMuisca Confederation
RegionAltiplano Cundiboyacense
 Colombia
DetailsRamiriquí, Hunza
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, prophesied by Goranchacha
to submit the Muisca ferociously

Goranchacha was a mythical cacique who was said to have been the prophet of the Muisca of South America, in particular of the zacazgo of the northern Muisca Confederation. He is considered the son of the Sun, impersonated by the Sun god Sué.[1]

  1. ^ Ocampo López, 2013, Ch.13 p.79