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Sua (Muyscas)

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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.