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The Quimbayas and mushrooms: A fertility cult of frogs and mushrooms related to a goddess among the Quimbayas in prehispanic Colombia

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Last updated: 23 Dec 2024

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Biodiversity and Conservation
Fungi
Human Microbial Interactions

Abstract

The mystery around the indigenous Quimbaya tribe who lived in prehispanic Colombia is deep and it has not been resolved till now. Systematically exterminated by the Spanish crown there is not much information that exists about them. There is no knowledge about their mythology and the gods they worshipped are unknown. Very few books and research about this subject in comparison with other indigenous Colombian tribes. The first study on mushroom cult between the Quimbayas were published by Schultes and Bright (1979). In this research we discussed more observations to reconfirm the ideas proposed by Schultes and Bright from different samples examined at museums of gold and archaeology in Bogota. This will bring new insights around the possible use of mushrooms by the Quimbayas in Prehispanic Colombia.

DOI

10.21608/mb.2022.279482

Keywords

ethnomycology, Ceramics, Gold, Psilocybin

Authors

First Name

Juan

Last Name

Martínez

MiddleName

Camilo Rodríguez

Affiliation

Sociedad Colombiana de Micología, Bogotá, Colombia

Email

sociedadcolombianademicologia@yahoo.com

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Volume

7

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

38239

Issue Date

2022-12-01

Receive Date

2022-12-16

Publish Date

2022-01-10

Page Start

41

Page End

47

Print ISSN

2357-0326

Online ISSN

2357-0334

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https://mb.journals.ekb.eg/article_279482.html

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279,482

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Original Article

Type Code

502

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Microbial Biosystems

Publication Link

https://mb.journals.ekb.eg/

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The Quimbayas and mushrooms: A fertility cult of frogs and mushrooms related to a goddess among the Quimbayas in prehispanic Colombia

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Created At

22 Jan 2023