| Huitaca | |
|---|---|
Witchcraft, sexual liberation, arts, dance, music and Moon | |
| Member ofMuisca religion | |
.jpg) Huitaca was cursed by Bochica and turned into a white owl | |
| Other names | Xubchasgagua |
| Affiliation | Chía Bachué Nencatacoa Chaquén |
| Animals | Owl |
| Region | Altiplano Cundiboyacense |
| Ethnic group | Muisca |
| Consort | Bochica |
| Equivalents | |
| Greek | Hecate |
| Hindu | Mara |
| Roman | Trivia |
| Slavic | Marzanna |
Huitaca orXubchasgagua was a rebellinggoddess in thereligion of the Muisca.[1] TheMuisca and theirconfederation were a civilization who inhabited theAltiplano Cundiboyacense in theAndes. Huitaca has been described by thechroniclersJuan de Castellanos in hisElegías de varones ilustres de Indias,[2]Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita[3] andPedro Simón.[4]
Huitaca was the goddess of arts, dance and music,[5][6] witchcraft, sexual liberation and the Moon.[7]According to the Muisca legends Huitaca was a goddess of extreme beauty who praised a life full of joy, games, pleasure and drunkenness who was rebelling against the patriarchalBochica upon which he turned her into awhite owl.[1]
Somechroniclers state Huitaca was another name for Moon goddessChía[8][9] orBachué, mother goddess of the Muisca.[7]
SculptorJulia Merizalde Price has made a sculpture honouring Huitaca, picturing her after the curse of Bochica.[10]
Photographer Carlos Saavedra has made an exposition showing different indigenous women of Colombia in his search for Huitaca.[11]
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