"The legend of King Condoy"
They say that one day a man and his wife went to bring fuel to the hill. While the man was cutting firewood, the woman climbed over a stone and saw a cave. He peered inside and saw that there were two large eggs. She told her husband and asked him, Give me a bat, I'll get those two eggs that are inside the cave, they took them home. After three days, the eggs burst, the first came out a child (Condoy), and the second came a seven-headed serpent, who was his sister. The child grew rapidly signaling that was a different person with superior qualities, grew so fast that the third day was a man. It is said that he ate a lot and her mom had to give food in large baskets and he's had.
Condoy traveled to many far away as Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, always putting the pretext that his mother was so eager to see places, who was always very worried about her son. In his extensive travels, Condoy only delayed one day, returning home always carried bundles of things and pots of money. One day when he returned from his trip to Oaxaca brought a pot of money, which he gave his mother thanking him for having created and cared much time and handed the money to him and never want for anything again from Condoy known more places.
He continued to travel to many places in search of money and knowledge to improve your Mixe region, who already had made king .It says Condoy robbed the rich of Oaxaca who had money and cattle and took them to his people. That time were frequent wars, Condoy was always leading his region defending their land and their people from the armies of other regions being their best hiding the top of the hill Zempoaltépetl; Condoy bounced him to the arrows and bullets, and the strength of the enemy would throw huge stones, who suffered heavy casualties for each stone Condoy Fanning. He taught his people to fight, to plant and work it according to your taste Mixe region.
Condoy left, passing through the villages mixes. He passed through the land of the Camotlán and have also there left a pot of money, inside a cave: as Condoy was a very tall man, it was easy to put the pot of money inside the cave, without looking where climb. He also left a trunk full of money in a cave in Chuxnaban field.
One day Condoy headed to Mitla, to build his palace, and it was rumored that another king would build a big city in the same place; worked at night, but the crowing of a rooster at night frightened him and suspended their work; people believe that these unfinished palaces are now the ruins of Mitla and if the rooster had not sung at that time, would Mitla Mexico City.
When Condoy left Mitla went to Oaxaca, passed Tlacolula and the Tule. Nearby Tlacolula is a hill called White Horse, near some ruins called Yague and Pueblo Viejo. There Condoy wrote on the stone, so that people know that course had but felt very tired, and going through the place called the Tule decided to sit and rest, stuck his stick (weighing 62 kg) in the soil, and staff began to sprout, and sowed Condoy the world known as "the Tule Tree" and the biggest tree on the tree dries Condoy have died that day. Condoy to reach Oaxaca realized that the earth was strong and tough.
There was Condoy when her sister (the snake) decided to go look for his mom telling him that he would find Condoy, to see what he was doing.
When the snake left for Oaxaca, got under the earth with thunder, rain and wind. The earth shook and there were landslides, it was shocking to see that. He passed Coatlán village where the earth was very soft leaving deep footprints. It says it was coming to Resume Madero cursed when he went to a priest and there was nomas Snake turned to stone.
Condoy King left his ring in Oaxaca, nobody knows where, then returned to the hill that was his best Zempoaltépetl hideout, where he eventually stayed forever and where people can find the Mixe region but not see. Condoy still alive and supporting their region and will never die in the hearts of his people.
Spanish-English
Personal translation, rights Eivya Vanessa Lopez Santiago
Legend Source: Compilation of Ap Ayuuk Tales Mixes, Mexico.
Pages 1,2,3
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