By Kirby Vickery on the April 2021 Edition During the days of the Creation the Oocho’, better known to-day as the Fox that looked quite a bit different than he does today. His shape was a lot like a weasel’s, and he had a weasel’ s tail, which was rather short and skimpy with no distinction […]
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By Kirby Vickery on the March 2021 Edition I have found that when I dig into the internet, which is my main source of information and stories these days, you can find just about any kind of a story to fit just about any situation. You can also find those that don’t seem to relate to […]
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By Kirby Vickery on the February 2021 Edition In ancient times, when there were no clocks and time passed slowly and nothing mattered because life was slow and comfortable. The people’s duties in this time were few and not time consuming and so they would look for recreational activities. Jun aj Pu and Ix B’alam Kej, […]
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By Kirby Vickery on the January 2021 Edition Have you ever taken a step back when either attending (word used which is better than ‘visiting’ or ‘climbing’ or even ‘driving by’) a Mayan temple or ruin and wondered how the ordinary Mayan people lived? I’ve been writing about Mesoamericans cultures for several years now and have […]
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By Kirby Vickery on the December 2020 Edition If you get into Mesoamerican history, you’ll find a time rich in folklore and sociological color. You will also find lots of warring, fighting, sacrifice, both animal and human, and a continuation of mythological beliefs that carry from one dominant society to the next. There is an area […]
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By Kirby Vickery on the November 2020 Edition I find it intriguing that two cultures could put together ceremonies to be celebrated at the same time during a year and dealing with the same aspects, more or less similar ceremonious methodologies, and reason for a festival, one not having any concept of the other’s existence and […]
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By Kirby Vickery on the October 2020 Edition In the past, I’ve talked about the “Ball Game” and its importance to the Mayan and Aztec people. And, while looking back over the various issues of The Manzanillo Sun, I seem to be painting a rather bland and warlike picture of the Mesoamerican cultures and their lifestyles. […]
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By Kirby Vickery on the September 2020 Edition Tezcatlipoca (Fiery Mirror) was undoubtedly the Jupiter of the Nahua pantheon. He carried a mirror or shield, from which he took his name, and in which he was supposed to see reflected the actions and deeds of humankind. The evolution of this god, from the status of […]
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By Kirby Vickery on the August 2020 Edition So often, when folks travel through Mexico and Central America while searching for all these wonderful ruins left behind by all these wonderful Mesoamerican tribes and nations, they find so much and so many that entire nations slip by almost as if they weren’t there. It’s sort of […]
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By Kirby Vickery on the July 2020 Edition Almost every culture, both modern and ancient, has had affairs in their folklore with both animals and the night sky. To me, early humankind’s populations demanded reason behind the thousands the pin pricks of light poking through the vail of darkness when their particular sun god dipped below […]
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