Muisca religion and mythology

Study of Chia Goddess
Moon goddess Chía
preliminary sketch by Alonso Neira Martinez
Monument to Bachué by Luís Horacio Betancur, Medellín (Colombia)
Monument to Bochica, Cuítiva (Boyacá)

The terms Muisca religion and mythology refer to the pre-Columbian beliefs of the Muisca indigenous people of the Cordillera Oriental highlands of the Andes in the vicinity of Bogotá, Colombia. The tradition includes a selection of received myths concerning the origin and organization of the universe. Their belief system may be described as a polytheistic religion containing a very strong element of spirituality based on an epistemology of mysticism.