Chiminigagua
Sign in to savethumb|right|Tunjo of a mother with child in her arms, in [[goldThese objects were thrown in water bodies at ceremonies to creator god Chiminichagua. Gold Museum, Bogotá.]]
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- Instance of
- deity
- Part of
- Muisca mythology
- Gender
- male
- Child
- Cuchaviva
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- worshipped by
- Muisca people
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thumb|right|Tunjo of a mother with child in her arms, in [[goldThese objects were thrown in water bodies at ceremonies to creator god Chiminichagua. Gold Museum, Bogotá.]]
Chiminigagua, Chiminichagua or Chimichagua (from Muisca, pronunciation reconstructed as *) was the supreme being, omnipotent god and creator of the world in the religion of the Muisca. The Muisca and their confederation were one of the four advanced civilizations of the Americas and developed their own religion on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Andes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chiminigagua” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.