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Ches

Venezuela

Ches was the god that inhabited the highest peaks of the Andes in the Timoto-Cuicas culture. Priests used votive pottery idols with human features in their rituals. Another significant part of the Timoto-Cuicas belief was the bat, connected with death and portrayed as the messenger of the dead.

This entity appears in the story “16. Peace on Earth”.