Quetzalcoatl and the Grain of Maize — Mesoamerica & Caribbean (Rare) | Bedtime World Tour
Tonight we travel to ancient Mexico, to the world of the Aztecs, for the story of how the people were first fed. When the new humans are hungry and nothing will nourish them, the gentle feathered god Quetzalcóatl spots a red ant carrying a single golden grain of corn — and to follow her into the mountain where it grows, he must shrink himself smaller than a grain of sand. A luminous origin tale of maize, patience, and a god's love for his people.
Aztec / Nahua tradition, Mesoamerica. The discovery of maize is a documented Aztec myth: theFeathered Serpent Quetzalcóatl follows a red ant to…
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