Huichol were tired of eating things that did not like.
wanted something that could eat every day, but in different ways. A young Huichol
heard of corn and its famous mets, tortillas, the chilaquiles and the tortilla soup was prepared with the cereal.
But corn was far away, on the other side of the mountain. That did not discourage him and stood up.
After some time he saw a line of ants and how he knew that some of them were the guardians of the corn, followed.
But when the young girl slept, ants, without any problem, devoraron todas sus vestimentas, dejándolo sólo con su arco y sus flechas.
Sin ropas y hambriento el huichol se puso a lamentar. Fue entonces que un pájaro se posó sobre un árbol próximo. El joven apuntó su arco sobre él, pero el pájaro le regañó y le dijo que ella era la Madre del maíz. Lo invitó a seguirla hasta la Casa del Maíz donde ella lo autorizaría a tomar todo lo que él buscaba.
En la Casa de Maíz se encontraban cinco bellas doncellas, las hijas de la Madre del Maíz: Mazorca Blanca, Mazorca Azul, Mazorca Amarilla, Mazorca Roja y Mazorca Negra.
Mazorca Azul lo encantó con su belleza y su dulzura. Se casaron y volvieron a la villa Huichol.
Since he was not even home, slept a while in a place dedicated to the gods.
Then, as if by magic, the home of the newlyweds are filled every day of the decorated swords and flowers.
People came from everywhere because they offered Blue Corn ears with both hands.
The beautiful wife taught her husband to plant and tend corn crops. Learning that delights offered by this new food, tried to steal animals. Blue Corn taught the people to put fire around crops to scare the beasts in search of tender ears.
Elders say that Blue Corn, after teaching all what she knew, she was ground and thus the men knew the great porridge, a hot beverage prepared with corn kernels.
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