Legends of The Moon
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This account thelegendof a beautiful young woman who sacrificed herself to save her people.
In his village during the day, everything was happiness, the sun shone in the sky, and as night fell
was disappearing yes light y if filled of darkness.
During the night, everyone in the village was afraid; they did not have the light of the sun to protect them.
And that is why they lived in fear during the nights.
One night, a puma arrived in the village, causing fear among all its inhabitants, but a
One night, a beautiful young woman decided to confront him, while all the inhabitants ran away, she stayed.
firm, the puma upon seeing this decided to go after her, she ran and ran for two days,
taking the puma away from her village, on the third night the puma finally caught up with her,
but she was not sad, she knew that she had achieved her goal, which was to drive away the cougar
from his/her village.
When the puma lunged at her, she closed her eyes, and without realizing it, she began to
to rise, it rose until it reached the stars, and became a new light during the
night, the moon, from where it could cover everyone in its village with its light.
THE LEGEND OF THE SUN AND THE MOON
Before there was day in the world, the gods gathered in Teotihuacan.
Who will light up the world? - they asked.
A God arrogant what himself called Tecuciztécatl, he said:
I will take care of lighting up the world.
After the gods they asked:
-And who else? -They looked at each other, and none dared to volunteer for that job.
-Be the other that shines -they told Nanahuatzin, who was an ugly, humble, and quiet god.
and he willingly obeyed.
Then the two began to do penance to arrive pure at the sacrifice. After
Four days, the gods gathered around the fire.
They were about to witness the sacrifice of Tecuciztécatl and Nanahuatzin. Then they said:
-Well then, Tecuciztécatl! Step into the fire! And he made the attempt to throw himself in, but he was stopped.
fear y no himself dared.
He tried four times, but he couldn't throw himself.
Then the gods they said:
-Come on, Nanahuatzin! Now you try! -And this god, closing his eyes, threw himself into the
fire.
When Tecuciztécatl saw that Nanahuatzin had thrown himself into the fire, he was ashamed of his
cowardice and also ventured.
After the gods they looked towards the This y they said:
-Nanahuatzin will appear there Made Sun-. And it was true.
No one could look at him because
hurt the eyes.
It was shining and casting rays everywhere. Then Tecuciztécatl appeared made
Luna.
In the same order they entered the fire, the gods appeared from the sky made
Sun and Moon.
Since then there is day and night in the world.
LEGEND OF THE MOON GODDESS.
In the beginning when the gods were mortal, there was a beautiful princess named Ixchel.
There were many men who sought her, among them a young man named Itzamná. One day
A prince from another empire arrived to pay tribute for the victory in battle of the people of
Ixchel fell in love with her as soon as he met her.
The people of the village told her that Itzamná desired her and that apparently she was beginning to fall.
Since he met Itzamná, they had been quarreling for the love of Ixchel.
Her older sister; Ixtab, decided that they would fight until one of them died, the
the survivor would stay with Ixchel, but Ixtab was unaware that Ixchel was in love with
Itzamná.
Itzamná was going to win but his opponent injured him in the back with dirty tricks and he died.
Ixchel, upon seeing her beloved die, ran from the place and entrusted her soul to Ixtab, she took off her
life.
Ixtab cursed he who with dirty tricks killed Itzamná, and no one reveals what happened.
with him, she whom her sister entrusted her soul to upon dying, became the Goddess of
Suicide.
The souls of the princess's maidens guided the lovers to heaven and thus Itzamná.
he became the Sun God, and Ixchel became his wife and the Moon Goddess.
In gratitude and as a testament to his love for Ixchel, Itzamná divided the day and
night and it gave brightness to the night with the souls of those maidens who are the brightest stars
brilliant.
It is said that in each New Fire, the goddess Ixchel is reborn from the fire and allows the maidens.
falling in love and bearing a child as a result of that love, which is why it is also considered
goddess of childbirth and fertility.
The people of the vanished town of Xcaret believe that when a soul of noble heart dies
it becomes a star, that's why in every new fire, an offering is made to it so that
the goddess forgive what they may have done to anger her and aspire to become one of the
stars that illuminate your path.
THE MOON RABBIT
Quetzalcoatl, the great and good god, went to travel once around the world in the form of
man. As he had walked all day, in the evening he felt fatigued and with
hunger. But he still kept walking, walking, until the stars began to
shine and the moon peeked through the window of the skies. Then it sat on the edge of the
I was walking, and I was there resting when I saw a little bunny that had come out for dinner.
-What are you eating?,- he asked.
I'm eating grass. Do you want some?
Thank you, but I don't eat grass.
What are you going to do then?
Maybe I will die of hunger and thirst.
The little rabbit approached Quetzalcoatl and said;
Look, I'm nothing more than a little bunny, but if you're hungry, eat me, I'm here.
Then the god caressed the little bunny and said:
You will be nothing more than a little bunny, but everyone will remember you forever.
And he lifted it high, very high, to the moon, where the figure of the rabbit was stamped.
Later, the god brought him down to earth and said:
There you have your portrait in light, for all men and for all times.