Guahaioque was a minor deity in the
religion
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of the
Muisca
The Muisca (also called Chibcha) are an indigenous people and culture of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia, that formed the Muisca Confederation before the Spanish conquest. The people spoke Muysccubun, a language of the Chibchan langu ...
. It was the god of evil, stealing, lies and death.
Etymology
The name Guahaioque in the language of the Muisca,
Muysccubun, means "figure of the deceased".
The name Guahaioque lives on as the name of a
folk metal
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band from
Cali.
Guahaioque - Return of Ancient Gods
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See also
* Muisca
The Muisca (also called Chibcha) are an indigenous people and culture of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia, that formed the Muisca Confederation before the Spanish conquest. The people spoke Muysccubun, a language of the Chibchan langu ...
* Muisca warfare
This article describes the warfare of the Muisca. The Muisca inhabited the Tenza and Ubaque valleys and the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, the high plateau of the Colombian Eastern Ranges of the Andes in the time before the Spanish conquest. Their ...
* Muisca religion
Muisca religion describes the religion of the Muisca who inhabited the central highlands of the Colombian Andes before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca. The Muisca formed a confederation of holy rulers and had a variety of deities, temples an ...
References
Muisca gods
Pre-Columbian mythology and religion
Native American demons
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