Yucatán Today is the only magazine and website which takes you by the hand to experience the essence of Yucatán. Les Baxter's album Voice of the Xtabay by Peruvian soprano Yma Sumac depicts the lure of the xtabay in her music. , Two equally beautiful women, Xkeban and Utz-colel, lived in a village or pueblo in the Yucatán Peninsula. La Xtabay is a Yucatec Mayan myth about the female demon, Xtabay, who targets men in the Yucatán Peninsula. The ceiba tree is considered to connect both the heavens and underworld. , Despite her promiscuous nature and the resulting ill treatment by her community, Xkeban helped those around her, which ultimately made her worthy of being transformed into the xtabentún flower. If a Mayan woman does not follow these cultural expectations, she can be condemned for her actions. Cuenta la leyenda que existieron dos hermanas, ellas eran muy bellas pero muy diferentes entre sí, una era llamaba Xtabay, ella era apasionada y se dejaba llevar a sus deseos, por esta razón la mayoría del pueblo se alejaba de ella, pero ella tenía un lado bueno, ella cuidaba a los enfermos, a los animales y a los desamparados, siempre al pendiente de los mas necesitados. The people of the village planned to exile Xkeban, but they decided to allow her to remain in order to further humiliate her. , The theme of death is continuous with all of the different versions of the myth of the Xtabay. Learn how your comment data is processed. Yes! She is described as having beautiful, shining black hair that falls down to her ankles and wearing a white dress. Imagine all t, Mangroves are a living force, a refuge for local f.

, The legend of the Xtabay has influenced music. This gave origin to the legend of Xtabay, “ix” meaning “woman” and “tabay” meaning “spirit”.

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