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Rich storytelling blending Indigenous traditions and Spanish influence.
An illustration of a jaguar spirit protecting a shepherd in an Oaxacan valley, Mixtec and Zapotec folktale scene.

The Nahual : The Shapeshifting Sorcerer of Oaxaca

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October 31, 2025
The Nahual: The Shapeshifting Sorcerer of Oaxaca In the highlands of Oaxaca, where the air carries the scent of copal and the wind hums with ancestral whispers, people still speak of the nahual, the shapeshifting sorcerer who walks between worlds. Under the moonlight, they say, a man may shed his human form and move as a jaguar, a coyote, or an owl.
An illustration of a Maya hunter kneeling before a glowing white deer in a moonlit forest, Yucatec Maya folktale.

The Deer and the Hunter

November 1, 2025
In the deep forests of the Yucatán, where the air hums with life and the ceiba trees rise like pillars to the heavens, there lived a hunter renowned throughout the villages. His name was Kanan, which in the old tongue meant “guardian.” But in truth, Kanan had long forgotten what
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An illustration of a hummingbird kissing a blooming flower under a ceiba tree, K’iche’ Maya folktale.

The Hummingbird and the Flower Maiden

November 1, 2025
Long ago, when the earth was young and the gods still walked among rivers and hills, there lived a maiden of great beauty and gentleness in the lush valleys of the K’iche’ Maya. Her eyes shone like the surface of sacred cenotes, and her laughter echoed through the forest like
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Maya rain god Chaac and a celestial serpent bring rain to villagers offering gifts at a sacred cave.

The Rain God Chaac and the Serpent of the Sky

November 1, 2025
Long ago, in the emerald lands of the Maya, where ceiba trees touched the clouds and sacred cenotes opened like windows to the underworld, there was a time when the rains ceased to fall. The maize fields withered under the sun’s cruel gaze. Rivers shrank to shallow veins of mud.
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An illustration of Tezcatlipoca transforming Tata and Nene into dogs after the Great Flood, Aztec folktale.

The Flood and the Rebirth of Humanity

November 1, 2025
Long before the world we know, the gods shaped and reshaped creation through countless ages, each ruled by a different Sun. The first Sun burned too fiercely, the second froze the earth in silence, and the third ended in wind so fierce it scattered people like leaves. Then came the
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