Goddess Huitaca – Moon Goddess Of Intoxication, Joyful Life And Unlimited Pleasures In Muisca Mythology

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – In Chibcha (Muisca) mythology, Huitaca was the rebel goddess of drunkenness, widely known as the goddess of lust. She was a beautiful woman of lunar origin who preached the need for a broad joyful life, full of games, pleasures, and liberation of sex.

As the lunar goddess of intoxication, Huitaca was the rival of a male preacher, Bochica, who was the Chibcha people’s national hero and enjoyed almost the same status as a god.

Goddess Huitaca was a rebel. Credit: denisgo – Adobe Stock

The Pre-Columbian Chibcha (Muisca) were indigenous people of the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes of Colombia. Many of their customs and traditions and customs were demonized due to the Spanish’s arrival. However, today, the Chibcha still recall that Bochica came to them when he was needed at a time of most unpleasant disorder.

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