Enjoy some of the most popular Mexican legends and folktales, from the legend of Quetzalcoatl to the world-known La Llorona. Here you will find pre-Columbian myths and legends as well as contemporary Mexican love stories.
This legend tells the love story of two Aztec youths, Xóchitl and Huitzilin, whose romance gave birth to the cempasuchil flower, known as the Day ...
The Legend of Tenochtitlan tells the story of how the Aztecs built their impressive city. This city is now Mexico City. One of the ...
The chief had a daughter named Iztaccihuatl: the most beautiful of all the princesses, who had professed her love for young Popocatepetl, one of her father’s people and the most handsome warrior. Both professed a deep love for each other, so before leaving for war, Popocatepetl asked the chief for the hand of Princess Iztaccihuatl.
Crushed and overwhelmed by sadness, the princess died without even knowing that it was a lie. Popocatepetl returned victorious to his people, hoping to find ...
Español This huge monolith with at least 500 years of existence seems to speak to us from its silence of stone. The sunken eyes of Tonatiuh, ...
Spanish The eve of the conquest of Mexico -Tenochtitlan by Hernan Cortes and his Spanish army was plagued by omens that Miguel Leon–Portilla enumerates in ...
Aztec legend recounts the story of Coatlicue, the goddess of life and death and the mother of the Four Hundred Southerners, Centzon Huitznahuas, gods of ...
From the sun comes positive energy, and to him, “Tonathiu”, the highest honors are given in the festivals and traditions that come from the “life cycles” – the same cycles which are associated with the arrival of Spring.
Bolonchen de Rejon is a beautiful village in the state of Quintana Roo. Bolonchen means Nine Cenotes. Legend has it that guided by a wise man, the first settlers of Bolonchen arrived at the place where they…
An ancient legend tells the story that before the arrival of the god Quetzalcoatl, the Aztecs only consumed roots and game animals; they did ...
