Part of the series "Mayahuel and quetzalcoatl". A love story. Part 1 of 2.

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Young Mayahuel longed for love and passion in her life. She dreamed of romance, of rescue, of escaping the terrible confines of her secluded prison. She sat at the edge of a cloud every night and sang a song both alluring and filled with sadness.

The Serpent God of the Wind, known as Ehecatl, heard her siren song on the wind he sent to the four corners of the universe. Mesmerized, he followed the sound until he found beautiful Mayahuel. He instantly fell madly in love with her. His passion untamed, he curled his breeze around her body, caressing her. Floating on the air of Ehecatl, Mayahuel slowly danced with him until they became one. Each night they met, and each night they traveled on his soft breeze until she no longer returned to her grandmothers home.

Tzitzímit (grandma) was enraged. In her heart, she knew that trying to stop passion was impossible, for when it appears it is stronger than all the heavens combined. She plotted to kill the lovers.

Aware of Tzitzímitl’s plan, Ehecatl quickly enveloped Mayahuel in a powerful embrace of wind and swept her to Earth. As they embraced, their bodies melted in passion until they became a beautiful plant with many green spires to symbolize their ascent to the heavens and spikes to keep the furious Tzitzimitl away.

As a Maguey, their beauty shimmered in the hot desert; their passion still evident to this day in the form of pulque, mezcal and tequila.