Calm and peace ruled Lake Iguaque, not a single sound could be heard. But the peace was soon disrupted when a woman named Bachue and a little boy, perhaps her son, came out of the lake. When the little boy grew up into full manhood Bachue married him and began having children with him. Bachue was very fertile, giving 4 or more off-spring every time she gave birth. And every time they moved to a different area leaving the babies to become groups of Chibchas. Time went on and many children were born.
Bachue and her husband lived a long time, enough to see their great-grandchildren. When the time to go back to the lake they once came from, their spiritual resting place, arrived, they gathered the tribe and urged them to live a good life and to follow religious duties. Then they transformed into snakes and went back to the lake they once came out of.
The previous paragraph tells the myth of how the Chibchas came to be. Both Bachue and her husband are well praised gods. It is common for people to leave gold at their places. The Chichas were many groups of people spread across the Andean plains. They are the famous source of the El Dorado legend (which will later be discussed) and well praised for their amazing gold-work. We would dig more into this group of people and their history later.
(Image: Bachue and her son)
Sources:
Book: Mythology: Myths, Legends and Fantasies
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