Chiminigagua is the Muisca Creator deity and supreme being associated with light, who made the cosmos and earth. The supreme being was a static deity without body who ruled over all the other gods. He was however never praised directly, yet through his lesser, but major deities, of what he had created Chía (Moon), Sué (Sun) and Cuchavira (rainbow).
Chiminigagua was a universally good god and represented the only light that existed when it was night time. When the world was created there was only darkness and the only light was given by Chiminigagua. When Chiminigagua decided to shine light across the Universe, he first opened his belly from where light was shining. He then created two large black birds and launched them into space. The birds spread light from their beaks which produced light in the cosmos. Thus he created light and everything in the world.
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