The sun and the moon. Mexican legend for children
Legends are very old stories, which usually refer to Nature and the values that have been passed down from generation to generation. In this case, The Sun and the Moon is a Mexican legend with a very old story about the creation of the two most important stars in the sky: the sun and the moon. Do
Legends are very old stories, which usually refer to Nature and the values that have been passed down from generation to generation.
In this case, The Sun and the Moon is a Mexican legend with a very old story about the creation of the two most important stars in the sky: the sun and the moon. Do you want to know its origin?
The sun and the moon. Mexican legend for children
Legend has it that when the earth was in darkness, it was always at night. The most powerful, who lived in heaven, came together to create the Sun and to have light on Earth. They cited in Teotihuacán, a city that was in heaven. Under it, as a reflection, was the Mexican city of the same name.
It is said that in that celestial city of Teotihuacán, they lit a huge bonfire. That powerful who wanted to become the Sun, should jump this bonfireto resurface like the Sun.
Two candidates to be the Sun appeared: the First was big, strong, beautiful and rich and also, was dressed in luxury clothes and adorned with precious stones. He offered his companions gold and jewels as a token of his pride; On the other hand, the Second was small, weak, ugly and poor; His skin was covered with sores, and he was dressed in his work clothes. As the Second was a very poor being, he could only offer the blood of his heart, his good and humble feelings.
When it was time to jump the huge bonfire, the big and rich did not dare, he was scared and ran away, however, the Second, who was very brave, took a huge leap over the bonfire salió and left turned into the Sun The first candidate to see him turned into a sun, felt shame and without thinking much he took a run and jumped the bonfire.
And in the sky a second Sun appeared. The other Powerful ones agreed that there could not be two suns in the sky, so they decided to put out the Second, for that, they took a Rabbit by the legs and with great force they threw it against the second Sun. The brightness of it diminished rapidly and after a little, it became the Moon. If you look closely, during the days of the full moon,
you can see the figure of a rabbit , which is the one that killed the second sun and gave life to the moon.
