Chibchacum, also called Chichebachun, is the rain and thunder god in the religion of the Muisca, who inhabited the Altiplano Cundiboyacense of present-day Colombia in pre-Columbian times.
Facts
Attestation
Veneration TodayHistorically attested; no continuous cult 3 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1 Function
Domain / Function Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 1 Sources
1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
2. Chibchacum, Structured Record (Wikidata Q)
3. Inca Religion and Customs (Historia del Nuevo Mundo)
Bernabe Cobo; translated by Roland Hamilton, University of Texas Press
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