Folktales of Mexico

Legends show us the rision of the world and the life that people had with historical, political, philosophical, and cultural value.

In Mexico it is believed that exposure of a pregnant woman to an eclipse will cause her infant to have a cleft lip or palate.

This belief remains intact hundreds of years later, the only difference being that today a metal key or safety pin is used for protection.

On October 24, 1593, the soldier was guarding the Palacio del Gobernador in Manila in the Captaincy General of the Philippines.

When he opened his eyes a few seconds later, he found himself in Mexico City, in the Viceroyalty of New Spain, thousands of kilometres across the ocean.