This is a new painting which tells the story of the seduction of Tlanana, the mother of Centeotl, Our Lord the Maize, by the zanate bird. This is a modern story, told by the Nahua and Totonaca of Publa and Vera Cruz. It is said that in the beginning, Grandmother Tzitzimimeh, Our Mother the Earth, walked on the back of the great crocodile who is the earth, casting seeds. From one seed grew a calabash, and when it had grown ripe, She split it in half, and found inside a baby girl, whom She...
