THE XOCOMIL LEGEND

Long years ago, when the lake and lands were habited by the grandfathers of our country and the most spectacular civilization in the history of the humanity, the Mayan people, is told that two of the kingdoms that lived in Tecpanatitlan (today Solola) were always in war, the k’iches-Kaqchickeles and the Tz’utujiles. These two kingdoms had their own dynasties with kings, queens, prince and princess. One day, because things of life, two young princes of the different kingdoms met each other and fell in love. Because of the problems between their villages, the two kings condemned that love and prohibited to see their lovers. But the young lovers didn’t accept this punishment and one day went to their habitual point of meeting, the lake, and got drowned. Since that day their souls lives in the water and every day they come out to dance and love each other in the lake, and because of that every day, at the same hour (afternoon) there are make some twists of wind and waves in the lake that makes its water very brave and a little difficult of sail.