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Knowledge ofMuisca mythology has come fromMuisca scholarsJavier Ocampo López,Pedro Simón,Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita,Juan de Castellanos andconquistadorGonzalo Jiménez de Quesada who was the European making first contact with the Muisca in the 1530s.

The times before theSpanish conquest of theMuisca Confederation are filled with mythology. The first confirmed humanrulers of the two capitalsHunza andBacatá are said to have descended from mythical creatures. Apart from that other Muisca myths exist, such as the legendaryEl Dorado and theMonster of Lake Tota.

Several mythological creatures have been described by thechroniclers:

• Thomagata, said to have been one of the most religious of thezaques, after Idacansás^[1]
• Idacansás, allegedly a mythical priest fromSugamuxi who was able to change the order of things^[2]
• Goranchacha, a mythicalcacique who moved the capital of the northern Muisca fromRamiriquí to the later capital Hunza^[3]
• Pacanchique, according to Muisca myths recovered his fiancé Azay from rulerQuemuenchatocha by first turning her into a dead person and then bringing her back to life using different plants. He also showed theSpanish conquistadores the way to Nemequene's palace^[4] Other Muisca people where human and mythological character converge are:
• Hunzahúa, firstzaque of Hunza, allegedly committingincest with his sister and said to have fled^[5]
• Meicuchuca, firstzipa of Bacatá, one of his wives mythologically turned into a snake^[6]

• El Dorado, the man or city made of gold, that was not so mythical but a main motive for the Spanish to conquer Colombia. The ritual is represented in theMuisca raft, a piece of gold working found inPasca almost 400 years after the arrival of the Spanish
• Monster of Lake Tota, allegedly a monstrous snake or fish living inLake Tota^[7]
• Hunzahúa Well, a well that according to the mythology of the Muisca originated from spilledchicha when the mother ofHunzahúa caught him and his older sister, Noncetá, while they were copulating.^[8]

• Fura and Tena, the first woman and man created by the god Are to populate the earth. Because Fura was not faithful, they lost their immortality, so they aged and died. Are took pity on them and turned them into rocky crags protected from storms, and Fura's tears became into emeralds.

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• Ocampo López, Javier (2013),Mitos y leyendas indígenas de Colombia - Indigenous myths and legends of Colombia (in Spanish), Bogotá, Colombia: Plaza & Janes Editores Colombia S.A., pp. 1–219,ISBN 978-958-14-1416-1

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