Case file · Sacred site

Bochica opens the Tequendama Falls

Muisca myth, recorded by chroniclers such as Pedro Simón in the 1620s, tells how the hero Bochica struck the rocks with his staff to drain the flooded Bogotá savanna, creating the Tequendama Falls.

1627 CE · 4.58, -74.30 · status: legend

Connections in the atlas

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Bochica
Open it in the living atlas