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El Dorado (Spanish: [el doˈɾaðo], English: / ˌ ɛ l d ə ˈ r ɑː d oʊ /) is a mythical city of gold supposedly located somewhere in South America. The king of this city was said to be so rich that he would cover himself from head to foot in gold dust – either daily or on certain ceremonial occasions – before diving into a sacred lake ...
Lake Guatavita was reputedly one of the sacred lakes of the Muisca, and a ritual conducted there is widely thought to be the basis for the legend of El Dorado, "the golden one". The legend says the lake is where the Muisca celebrated a ritual in which the zipa (named "El Dorado" by the conquistadors) was covered in gold dust, and then ...
According to legend, the seven cities of gold referred to Aztec mythology revolving around the Pueblos of the Spanish Nuevo México, modern New Mexico and Southwestern United States. [2] Besides "Cíbola", names associated with similar lost cities of gold also included El Dorado, Paititi, City of the Caesars, Lake Parime at Manoa, Antilia, and ...
The Paititi legend in Peru revolves around the story of the culture-hero Inkarri, who, after he had founded Q'ero and Cusco, retreated toward the jungles of Pantiacolla to live out the rest of his days in his refuge city of Paititi. Other versions of the legend see Paititi as an Inca refuge in the border area between Bolivia and Brazil.
"Manoa, o el Dorado", appears on the northwestern corner of the lake. As a result of Raleigh's work, maps began to appear depicting El Dorado and Lake Parime. One of the first was the elder Jodocus Hondius' Nieuwe Caerte van het Wonderbaer ende Goudrycke Landt Guiana, which was published in 1598. Hondius' map depicts an elongated Lake Parime ...
El Dorado: Rumored city of gold in South America. [22] Fountain of Youth: A place, detailed in many legends around the world, where one may drink of or bathe in its waters to restore their youth. Fiddler's Green: In 19th-century English maritime folklore, it was a kind of after-life for sailors who had served at least fifty years at sea. Hara ...
City of the Caesars, mythical South American city of great wealth; El Dorado, mythical city of gold in South America; La Canela, legendary location in South America said to contain large amounts of gold and spices; Lanka, the capital city of Ravana in the epic Ramayana
Some accounts of Ciudad Blanca include allusions to the legend of El Dorado, an imaginary location in South America. [5] [18] [19] [20] In Honduras, the Colonial era Spanish had a gold mine located between the Paulaya and Sico Rivers, an area named El Dorado in Colonial times. [21]