Sua
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This article is about a topic in Central American religion; for other uses of Sua, see Sua (disambiguation)
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Sua was a hero-god of the Muyscas of Central America, also called Bachica or Nemquetaha. The name signifies "day" or "east." He taught them the arts of life, and, like Quetzalcoatl
, disappeared. Like the latter, he was a personification of the sun.
Sua (disambiguation)
Sua is an abbreviated term for the Sua Pan, a geological feature in the Kalihari region of BotswanaSua may also refer to:* Seilala Sua , American discus thrower* Sua was a hero-god of the Muyscas of Central America....
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Sua was a hero-god of the Muyscas of Central America, also called Bachica or Nemquetaha. The name signifies "day" or "east." He taught them the arts of life, and, like Quetzalcoatl
Quetzalcoatl
Quetzalcoatl is a Mesoamerican deity whose name comes from the Nahuatl language and has the meaning of "feathered serpent". The worship of a feathered serpent deity is first documented in Teotihuacan in the first century BCE or first century CE...
, disappeared. Like the latter, he was a personification of the sun.