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Ernesto Amador
Ernesto Amador
· 03 Jun 2021
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The Mayan Legend of the Moon and the Sun

#shortstory A Mayan legend tells that the moon and the sun escaped destruction fleeing covered with the shell of a turtle; thanks to that, the moon made its journey safely inside the shell of this animal.
— Son, now go get an old man and weed in front of the sea.

— The old man is the turtle. Yerba is the crab.

— Son, now go get the stones from the bottom of the mountain. They're black.. The scorched turtle.

Chilam Balam de Chumayel: The Book of Enigmas
A Mayan legend tells that the moon and the sun escaped destruction fleeing covered with the shell of a turtle; thanks to that, the moon made its journey safely inside the shell of this animal. In the Mayan codices, the sun is depicted wearing the shell of a turtle; the badge of one of the four Bacabs that are placed on the cardinal points to hold the skies is also a shell.

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