The goddess Bachué (from the Chibcha language

Chibcha language

Chibcha, also known as Muisca or Mosca, is an extinct Chibchan language of Colombia, formerly spoken by the Muisca people, a complex indigenous civilization of South America and the present-day Colombian region. Scholars believe the Chibcha language arose in South America and then migrated with...

 "the one with the naked breast"), is a mother goddess

Mother goddess

Mother goddess is a term used to refer to a goddess who represents motherhood, fertility, creation or embodies the bounty of the Earth. When equated with the Earth or the natural world such goddesses are sometimes referred to as Mother Earth or as the Earth Mother.Many different goddesses have...

 that according with the muisca

Muisca

Muisca was the Chibcha-speaking tribe that formed the Muisca Confederation of the central highlands of present-day Colombia. They were encountered by the Spanish Empire in 1537, at the time of the conquest...

 colombian mythology is the mother of mankind. She emerged of the waters in the Lake Iguaque

Lake Iguaque

Lake Iguaque is a lake located in the Boyacá department of Colombia. The lake and the surrounding area were declarated National park of Colombia in 1977.- Description :...

 with a baby in her arms, who grew to become her husband and populate the earth. She received worshipping in a temple, in the area now occupied by the town of San Pedro de Iguaque.

The legend tells that after she accomplished the goal of giving birth to mankind, Bachue and the parrot god, her husband, became snake

Snake

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s and returned to the sacred lagoon. The history of Bachue was mentioned by the Spanish Empire

Spanish Empire

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 cronist, Fray Pedro Simón in his book "NOTICIAS HISTORIALES" when he writes that the indigenous people also called her "Furachogua" (meaning the good woman), and worshipped her as one of their main deities. Simon also mentions that the muiscas believed that Bachue sometimes comes back from the underworld to guide her people.