The house of thunder

They have the old than Totomoxtle and Coatzintlali was a cavern into which the ancient priests had erected a temple to the god of thunder, rain and river water.   In ancient times were not yet arrived Hispanics and the mighty race, now known as Totonac, who inhabited the place then called Totonac.  seven priests met every time it was necessary to cultivate the land and sowing seeds and harvesting the fruits, seven times invoked the deities of the time chanting and shouting from the rooftops or towards the four cardinal points, because according to esoteric accounts of those priests, four of seven were 28 and twenty-eight days make up the lunar cycle.                              Those old priests blew the big drum of thunder and dragging dried hides of animals around the area of ​​the cave and threw flaming arrows into the sky. And shortly after the space thundered furious thunder and lightning blinded to the animals of the forest and aquatic species that lived in rivers. It rained in torrents and the storm raged on the cave for many days and nights and there were times when Huitizilac and rivers of butterflies, Papaloapan overflowed water and silt covering the banks and causing huge disasters. And the hides crept higher the noise produced torrents and the more you hit the  large ceremonial drum, the greater the noise of thunder, the more lightning meant more flaming arrows.

Centuries passed ...

And one day arrived at the place groups of people dressed in a unique way, bringing different customs, and other laws and other religions.   They said to come from other lands beyond the great sea of ​​turquoise and both men and women and children, had the characteristic of always smiling as if they were beings   Happy earth and maybe that was because joy after suffering a thousand hardships in stormy waters of a sea had seizure   finally reached the tropical coasts, where there was everything, and fruits such as game animals, water and beautiful weather.

They settled in that place that they named in their language and themselves Totonacan Totonac said.  But the priests, the seven priests of the cave of thunder were not consistent with the invasion of foreigners brought with them a great culture and went to the cave to produce thunder,  lightning and torrential rains and downpours to amendrentarlos.

It rained heavily for several days and nights, until someone realized that these storms caused the seven sorcerers, the seven priests of the cave of thunder.  Do not be friends of the violence, the Totonac boarded a small ship and giving them water supplies and threw them into the turquoise sea where they were lost forever.

But now it was necessary to master these gods of thunder and rain to avoid the disaster of the Totonac people newly established and met for the effect sages and priests and gentry and decided that nothing could be done against these forces we now call simply natural and it would be better worshiping and reverence,   worship these gods and beg that they were magnanimous to people who had just escaped from a monstrous disaster.    And in that same place where he had the temple and the cave and practiced the cult of the god of thunder, the Totonacas or men smiling up the amazing temple of Tajin, which in their language means the place of the storms. And not only worshiped the God of Thunder but begged for 365 days, as has the number of niches

monument invoking the good weather at certain times of year and the rain, when it is necessary to fertilize the crops.   Now stands this beautiful temple known worldwide as a pyramid or temple of El Tajin, where curiously seem to be generated and thunder storms and torrential rains. Thus was born the pyramid of El Tajin, built with reverence and respect for the God of Thunder, worshiped by those people who lived long before the arrival of foreigners, when the world seemed to come into existence.

  Conclusion

They said that seven priests met together desert land and time to cultivate and grow sembras seven times and said that invoking the deities of the time and they used to shout chants to the cardinal points because they said that four of seven were twenty-eight days make up the lunar cycle. Those old priests sounded the drum of thunder and they used to drag dried animal skins thundered time very strong and very bright lightning abia rained too many nights and many centuries later arrived in groups with other genera dek great sea of ​​turquoise remained in that place Totonac priests but those noestaban satisfied with that one day lightning lightning and rain occurred but one day realized that the rains caused the sorcerers those