Posted: Mar 25, 2010 5:00 am
War Arrow wrote:jparada wrote:some Muisca* gods
Xue/Sue: sun god
Chia: moon goddess
Bochica: civilizational god/hero
Bachue: the mother of mankind
* The Muisca were the people who lived at the Colombian central Altiplano (where capital Bogota is located) at the arrival of the Spanish.
[derail]Yowza! Fascinating stuff - I take a passing interest in them as I believe they belong to the Uto-Aztecan language stream so there seem to be some parallels with Central Mexico (certainly the were-jaguar types). [/derail]
You could probably add the Rain Baby too - no-one actually knows what he was called as there's not much evidence of what language was spoke by the Olmecs (though Mixe-Zoque seems to be the frontrunner last time I looked).
Oh no, Uto-aztecan languages were never spoken in Colombia. They belong only to the Southwest US and Central Mexico last time i checked. The Muisca spoke a Chibchan language. The chibchan family hypothetically had its urheimat at the Atlantic coast of Central America and from there spread into Colombia. Check at wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chibchan