page_title: Muisca mythology
hierarchical_section_title: Muisca mythology
caption_attribution_description: Español: este monumento se encuentra en la universidad pedagógica y tecnológica de Colombia se trata de una leyenda mas o menos así La Leyenda de Goranchacha el profeta. Goranchacha era hijo del sol y de una doncella de Guachetá; al cumplir 24 años pasó a Ramiriquí y Sogamoso en donde fué recibido como hijo del sol. Recorrió las tierras chibchas recordando las enseñanzas de Bochica, la obligación de adorar a los dioses, venerar a los caciques, guardar la paz, etc. Cuando tuvo conocimiento del castigo brutal que hizo el cacique de Ramiriquí a uno de sus súbditos, le dió muerte, se apoderó del cacicazgo y se radicó en Hunza en donde ejerció el primer gobierno dictatorial. Hizo edificar un templo al sol con grandes piedras traídas de diversas regiones; este templo se hizo en el lugar que hoy ocupa la Universidad en Tunja. Según la tradición, Goranchacha profetizó la venida de una raza extraña, la cual esclavizaría al pueblo chibcha por haber olvidado las enseñanzas de Bochica. This is a photo of a Colombian monument identified by the ID Unknown
context_page_description: Mythology is different from religion in the sense that myths are usually the combination of real events and/or people with a legendary twist, while religion is purely transcedental. The religion of the Muisca is described in Muisca religion; their deities, rituals and sacred sites.
  Main contributors to the knowledge of the mythology of the Muisca have been Muisca scholars Javier Ocampo López, Pedro Simón, Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita, Juan de Castellanos and conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada who was the European making first contact with the Muisca in the 1530s.
context_section_description: This article describes the Muisca mythology; the mythology of the Muisca. Mythology is different from religion in the sense that myths are usually the combination of real events and/or people with a legendary twist, while religion is purely transcedental. The religion of the Muisca is described in Muisca religion; their deities, rituals and sacred sites. 
  Main contributors to the knowledge of the mythology of the Muisca have been Muisca scholars Javier Ocampo López, Pedro Simón, Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita, Juan de Castellanos and conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada who was the European making first contact with the Muisca in the 1530s.
caption: Goranchacha, one of the mythical creatures in the mythology of the Muisca
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