Legends and myths around the La Malinche volcano
There are different legends and myths around this huge volcano, all to give meaning to its existence. The first is that, after the consummation of the Spanish invasion, Malinche died for strange causes. Given this situation, The people tried to recover their body and assaulted a Spanish camp. With her in arms they fled until they reached Tlaxcala. After remembering the meaning of the majestic Matlalcueye, they decided to bury Malintzin there, real name of the woman.
Over the years, they noticed that The Silhouette of Cerro had changed, Taking the form of the Malinche lying. In addition, the rains for crops increased in the region, so the inhabitants began calling this “Malintzin” volcano to venerate it and even built a church on the slopes of the hill in their honor.
Another version that is even older, says that the ancestors of the Tlaxcaltecas noticed that, during the afternoons, A parvada flown on this mountain to indicate that there was water there. One day they decided to climb to the hill, finding the springs that belong to the Yumhu and the otomi Ixtencos, inhabitant cultures of the area. Thus, the concepts of Woman, mountain, water and snake have accompanied these cultures for years, surpassing even the Holy Inquisition, which tried to censor the cult of the mountain in 1665.
Even today, this volcano is revered by the inhabitants of the region.Marco Antonio Casique Reyes / UNSPLASH
Cult of volcano today
Currently, there is a tradition around the Malinche volcano, which is a fusion between pre -Hispanic cultures and the Catholic religion. On June 24, San Juan Day, The inhabitants of the region carry out a procession around the cornfields that point to the four cardinal pointsto ask that there are water necessary for crops. According to the faithful, while this saint keeps his finger up, there will be rain, but if he came down, it would mean that a great drought is yet to come.