Posts Tagged Kukulcan
An equinox is either of the two moments in the year when the sun is exactly over the Equator and the day and night are exactly the same length. Both solstices and equinoxes are simply stages of Earth’s orbit around the sun.
On December 21 we entered the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere, the shortest [...]
A Mayan legend tells of an alliance between Uxmal, Chichén Itzá and Mayapán that was shattered when Lord Kanek, ruler of Chichén Itzá, kidnapped Princess Sac Nicte, daughter of the Lord of Mayapán, on the day of her marriage to the Prince of Uxmal. According to the ancient story, in the mayhem that followed the [...]
