Huitaca or Xubchasgagua was a rebelling goddess in the religion of the Muisca.Ocampo López, 2013, Ch. 6, p.45 The Muisca and their confederation were a civilization who inhabited the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Andes. Huitaca has been described by the chroniclers Juan de Castellanos in his Elegías de varones ilustres de Indias,Ocampo López, 2013, Ch. 6, p.46 Lucas Fernández de PiedrahitaOcampo López, 2013, Ch. 6, p.47 and Pedro Simón.Ocampo López, 2013, Ch. 6, p.48
Spellings and names
Description Huitaca was the goddess of arts, dance and music,Ocampo López, 2007, Ch.V, p.221 2012 - Huitaca, la diosa muisca en el Palacio Liévano - El Tiempo - accessed 28-04-2016 witchcraft, sexual liberation and the Moon. 2015 - Huitaca y el arquetipo de la diosa rebelde desde la antiguedad hasta nuestros días - accessed 28-04-2016 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 patriarchal Bochica upon which he turned her into a white owl.
Some chroniclers state Huitaca was another name for Moon goddess Chía Chía: Moon goddess - Pueblos Originarios - accessed 28-04-2016 Chía: mitos y leyendas - accessed 28-04-2016 or Bachué, mother goddess of the Muisca.
Huitaca in modern art Sculptor Julia Merizalde Price has made a sculpture honouring Huitaca, picturing her after the curse of Bochica. Sculpture Huitaca - accessed 28-04-2016Photographer Carlos Saavedra has made an exposition showing different indigenous women of Colombia in his search for Huitaca. 2012 - Las hijas de la diosa chibcha 'Huitaca' - accessed 28-04-2016
Named after Huitaca Huitaca, a genus of Opiliones Huitaca boyacaensis, a species in this genus, species name derived from Boyacá, former Muisca territory Huitaca ventralis, the type species of the genus Huitaca Huitaca bitaco Huitaca caldas Huitaca depressa Huitaca sharkeyi Huitaca tama
See also Muisca women List of lunar deities
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