Mito de la creación chibcha

En el comienzo era la oscuridad. Todo estaba sumido en las tinieblas. La tierra era blanda y fría y nada crecía en ella. No había ni plantas, ni animales, ni belleza. Todo era desolación. No había hombres. Los únicos seres vivos sobre la tierra eran el dios Nemequene, su mujer y su hijo.

Nemequene quiso crear la vida y la belleza sobre la faz de la tierra. Así, tomando un poco de barro blando y frío modeló las figuras de los hombres y de los animales. Trabajó muchos días en su obra, pero los muñecos que hacía no tenían vida. No podían moverse ni respirar. Pasaron años y más años, y todavía no había sobre la tierra más que Nemequene y su familia.
Por último Nemequene llamó a su hijo y lo envió al cielo …ver más…

Así fue como se produjo la vida en el mundo, según lo recuerdan los chibchas, es decir, el pueblo de Nemequene.

Myth of creation Chibcha
In the beginning was darkness. Everything was plunged into darkness. The earth was soft and cold and nothing grew in it. There were no plants, no animals, and no beauty. All was desolation. There were no men. The only living things on earth were the god Nemequene, his wife and son.
Nemequene wanted to create the life and beauty on the face of the earth. Thus, taking a bit of soft mud and cold molded figures of men and animals. Tar down many days in his work, but dolls Co. has had no life. They could not move or breathe. Past years and years, and had not yet on the earth more than Nemequene and your family.
Finally Nemequene called his son and sent him to heaven to illuminate the earth. Nemequene's son came to heaven and became Shua, the sun, to illuminate the dark world suddenly. The bright rays of Shua overflowed. The cold clay was heated. Began to grow herbs, trees and plants. Where before there had been despair, there was freshness and greenery. Began run water, forming rivers and lakes.
And the warm sun began life in the mud dolls Nemequene had. Some of them became birds, which flew and perched in the trees of the forest, others became fish that swam through the waters, and others