MIXE LEGEND
"King Condoy"
In a day of Mixe past when a couple (husband and wife), had gone to collect firewood, found in the countryside, in a cave, two large eggs, after watching them and with difficulty, aided by sticks, they decided to take a home, they had weighed both these difficulties. After three days, the eggs burst, the first came out a child (Condoy), and the second came a seven-headed serpent, who was his sister.
The child grew rapidly signaling that was a different person with superior qualities, grew so fast that the third day was a man. It is said that he ate a lot and her mom had to give food in large baskets and he's had.
He continued to travel to many places in search of money and knowledge to improve your Mixe region, who already had made king .It says Condoy robbed the rich of Oaxaca who had money and cattle and took them to his people. That time were frequent wars, Condoy was always leading his region defending their land and their people from the armies of other regions with a best hideaway higher on the hill Zempoaltepetl; Condoy bounced him to the arrows and bullets, and the strength of the enemy would throw huge stones, who suffered heavy casualties for each stone Condoy Fanning. Teach his people to fight, to plant and work it under the Mixe region to their liking.
When Condoy left Mitla went to Oaxaca, but felt very tired, and going through the place called the Tule decided to sit and rest, stuck his stick (weighing 62 kg) in the soil, and the staff began to sprout, Condoy and sowed the world known as "the Tule Tree" and the biggest day this tree tree dries Condoy have died that day. Condoy to reach Oaxaca realized that the earth was strong and tough.
There was Condoy when her sister (the snake) decided to go look for his mom telling him that he would find Condoy, to see what he was doing. When the snake left for Oaxaca, got under the earth with thunder, rain and wind. The earth shook and there were landslides, see what was frightening. He passed Coatlán village, where land was very soft leaving deep footprints. It says it was coming to Resume Madero when he was a priest and a curse there was nomas Snake turned to stone. Condoy King left his ring in Oaxaca, nobody knows that place, then returned to the hill that was his best Zempoaltepetl hideout, where he eventually stayed forever and where people can find the Mixe region but not see. Condoy still alive and supporting their region and will never die in the hearts of his people.
Muy buena leyenda me gusto :)
ResponderBorrarThat beautiful legend :D
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