 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. Muisca religion alt=Study of Chia Goddess|100px|Moon goddess Chíapreliminary sketch by Alonso Neira Martinez Monument to Bachué by Luís Horacio Betancur, Medellín (Colombia) Monument to Bochica, Cuítiva (Boyacá) Creation of the universe Bachué ("the Grandmother") is a non-material principle of creation, the will, the thought and the imagination of all the things to come. She is a similar concept to the principle of tao in the Chinese mythology.
alt=Study of Chia Goddess|Moon goddess Chíapreliminary 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. Muisca religion Creation of the universe Bachué ("the Grandmother") is a non-material principle of creation, the will, the thought and the imagination of all the things to come. She is a similar concept to the principle of tao in the Chinese mythology.
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alt=Study of Chia Goddess|100px|Moon goddess Chíapreliminary sketch by Alonso Neira Martinez Monument to Bachué by Luís Horacio Betancur, Medellín (Colombia) Monument to Bochica, Cuítiva (Boyacá)