| Huitaca | |
|---|---|
Witchcraft, sexual liberation, arts, dance, music and Moon | |
| Member of Muisca religion | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Tyto_alba_(Scopoli,_1769).jpg) Huitaca was cursed by Bochica and turned into a white owl | |
| Other names | Xubchasgagua |
| Affiliation | Chía Bachué Nencatacoa Chaquén |
| Animals | Owl |
| Region | Altiplano Cundiboyacense |
| Ethnic group | Muisca |
| Equivalents | |
| Greek | Hecate |
| Hindu | Mara |
| Roman | Morta |
| Slavic | Marzanna |
Huitaca or Xubchasgagua was a rebelling goddess in the religion of the Muisca.[1] The Muisca and their confederation were a civilization who inhabited the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Andes. Huitaca has been described by the chroniclers Juan de Castellanos in his Elegías de varones ilustres de Indias,[2] Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita[3] and Pedro Simón.[4]