The Golden Quetzal: A Guatemalan Folktale That Teaches Lessons on Generosity, Reverence for Nature, and Virtue
In the highlands of colonial Guatemala, where dense forests climbed toward mist-covered mountains, people spoke with awe of the quetzal, a bird of rare beauty whose feathers shone like burnished gold in the sunlight. Long before Spanish rule, the quetzal had been honored as a sacred creature, a symbol of freedom, abundance, and harmony with the natural world. Even under
