Sunday 30 December 2007

...about Aztec Legends

In Aztec folklore, Pryzacapoffabotl eventually married the maiden Gotabotlofpop, and they lived happily ever after until he sacrificed her to the sun and ate her heart. He was promptly ambushed by her suitor Popacapinyoass, the god of war, who ate his heart and played football with his head. In the ensuing chaos Popacapinyoass was fought by Gotapopiandanetl, god of foliage, who was unsurprisingly sacrificed, and whose heart was eaten, which made the sun giggle. At this point, two minor gods of speed called Gotafutonthethrotl and Haali-Davisun were playing football with the head of Havacapmadeofmetl, god of protective headgear. The head struck Popacapinyoass, who promptly made war on them and ate their hearts in the sun. This act of bravery prompted the god of time, Tiktokgoestheclok, to announce that Popacapinyoass was the bravest Aztec god because he Hadalotovbotl.

Popacapinyoass and Mmgonabustyachops (the Aztec and Inca gods of war respectively) did once meet, when they gathered on the plain of Rocaroundthekloc to do battle with the feared Spanish conquistador, Samuelle El Jaxonne. Although the two deities were brave and even more angry than usual, El Jaxonne was better equipped Teknologikali and in an unexpected flanking move stole all their gold while they were busy removing hearts, building step pyramids, writing in ash, playing football with heads, drinking blood and sacrificing things to the sun. This confused the two deities so much that they sacrificed the sun to the heart of a football made of ash and managed to drink each others heads. By the time they had sorted out the confusion, El Jaxonne was gone with their Ka and all of their money...

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