The Mayan Princess of Loltún

 There once was a young Mayan couple who were very much in love, and to give free rein to their love they took refuge in a cave. The young woman was a princess. One day the young man had to go away and the young maiden was left alone. Every day the young woman went to the grotto to remember him, he was far away, and she was melancholic with nostalgia. The days passed, the weeks, the months ... The young man did not return. In the grotto the young Mayan woman cried silently for the absence of her lover. Many years passed and one day the young man suddenly returned and the first thing he did was go to the grotto where he used to take refuge and love with the love of his life. But, oh surprise! In the grotto he only found a cenote and in the middle of which there was an islet, and in the middle of the islet a stone flower, which in Mayan is called “Loltún”.

The young man never left the grotto again and eventually became a stalactite statue. When a traveler sees a drop fall from the rock, it is not really a simple drop of water but a tear from the young Mayan who has lost his love.

Gabriel López

Leonardo Ramirez