Women in Muisca society
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This article describes the role of women in Muisca society. The Muisca were the original inhabitants of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense before the Spanish conquest in the first half of the 16th century.
The Muisca are famous for their fine goldworking; a tunjo representing mother and son
Southern Muisca ruler Nemequene installed a system of laws (Code of Nemequene) with harsh punishments for adultery, rape, incest and infidelity and arranged for widows to inherit the properties of their deceased husbands
The halite of Zipaquirá, used for cooking, preservation of meat and fish and as trading product, was extracted from a brine by the Muisca women
Mother goddess Bachué was one of the most important deities of the Muisca
Bachué
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The goddess Bachué is a mother goddess that, according to the Muisca religion, is the mother of humanity. She emerged of the waters in the Iguaque Lake with a baby in her arms, who grew to become her
Women in Muisca society
…religious rituals. The most important deities in Muisca culture were female: Chía, the goddess of the Moon; Huitaca, the goddess of sexual liberation; and Bachué, the mother goddess of the Muisca people. While the first chroniclers during the period of conquest and early colonization—such as Gonzalo Jiménez de…
Statue of Bachué in Medellín