"EL COLIBRÍ, MAYAN LEGEND"

The hummingbird is one of the most fascinating birds: beautiful, light and with the ability to move subtle as a feather. But ... do you know his story?

The Mayans have a beautiful legend about the hummingbird or hummingbird. For them, their feathers were magical. The hummingbird was a bird with a very special purpose ... do you want to know which one?

The wisest Mayans say that the Gods created all things on Earth and in doing so, each animal, each tree and each stone was commissioned a job. But when they were finished, they noticed that there was no one in charge of taking their wishes and thoughts from one place to another.

As they no longer had mud or corn to make another animal, they took a jade stone and with it carved a very small arrow. When it was ready, they blew on it and the little arrow went flying. It was no longer a simple arrow, now it had life, the gods had created the x ts'unu'um, that is, the hummingbird.

Their feathers were so fragile and so light, that the hummingbird could approach the most delicate flowers without moving a single petal, their feathers shone in the sun like raindrops and reflected all the colors.

Then the men tried to catch that beautiful bird to decorate themselves with their feathers. The Gods seeing it, got angry and said: 'if someone dares to catch some hummingbird, he will be punished'. That's why no one has ever seen a hummingbird in a cage, nor in the hand of a man.

The Gods also assigned him a job: the hummingbird would have to carry the thoughts of men back and forth. In this way, says the legend, if you see a hummingbird is that someone sends you good wishes and love.