The Woman of The Chinchontepec

Long ago, in the Chinchontepec surroundings, a woman of incredible beauty used to live. Unfortunately, her life was extremely tough because every time she met a new man, he got madly in love with her, wanted to marry her, and procreate his offspring with her.

The woman couldn’t understand these mad situations and was losing her marbles. Plus, for unknown reasons, she could not love or feel any attraction to any of her wooers. Hence, she constantly fled from one place to another to avoid creating unrealistic expectations.

One day during the dry season of 1254, the woman decided to climb to the top of the Chinchontepec to rest from her wooers. Near the crater, she decided to take a nap.

Some hours passed when a young man appeared from nowhere, and immediately upon, looking at her, he fell in love as had always happened.

The man tried to propose her marriage as many had attempted, but at this moment, the volcano erupted as never before. It ejected ash plumes and erupted lava as never in its history, up to the point that permanently altered its shape. Both people perished immediately.

Hours later, the gods discovered this tragedy and decided to honor this poor woman, reshaping the volcano as a sleeping woman (figure 1) as a memorial to her constant suffering. 

Figure 1. The Chinchontepec Volcano.