When the Earth was still young, the sun shone brightly during the day – but at night, there was only darkness. People huddled together in fear around their fires, scared of wild beasts and evil spirits.
At that time, a man called Huachinog-vaneg lived in Mexico – but we shall call him ‘Hua’ for short. He was skilled at building things out of stone, but sometimes he would put down his tools and stare sadly at the sky.
One day, his mother asked him, “Hua, why are you so sad?”
He said, “Mother! I make houses, great temples and pyramids, too. But one day, people will not remember that I made them, and I will be forgotten. I wish I could do something that would make everyone remember me forever!”…
