Feature among Totomoxtle old and Coatzintlali was a cave into which the ancient priests had erected a temple dedicated to the god of thunder, rain and river water. There were times when not even arrived Hispanics and the mighty races, known today as totonacas, who populated place called Veracruz after Totonacan. And seven priests met every time that was necessary to cultivate the land and sow the seeds and reap the rewards, seven times invoked the gods of those times chanted and shouted from the rooftops that is toward the four cardinal points, because as esoteric accounts of those priests, seven were 28 four and twenty-eight days up the lunar cycle.
Still say the old chronicles that have become amazing legends, those old priests made the big drum sound 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 furious space thundered thunder and lightning blinded to the animals of the forest and aquatic species that dwell in rivers.
It was raining in torrents and the storm roared over the cave for many days and many nights and there were times that Huitizilac rivers and butterflies, Papaloapan, overflowed water and silt covering the banks and causing immense disasters. Ycuanto more dragged the most skins was the noise that produced the floods and the more the great ceremonial drum beat, the greater the noise of thunder as lightning meant more as many flaming arrows.
Centuries passed ...
And one day arrived on the scene dressed groups of people in a unique way, bringing other customs and other laws and other religions. From other lands is said beyond the great sea of turquoise (Gulf of Mexico) and both men and women and children, had the characteristic of being always smiling as if they were the happiest creatures on earth and perhaps that joy was due that after suffering a thousand hardships in borrrascosas waters of a sea in turmoil they had finally come to the tropical coasts, where there was everything as well as game fruit, water and beautiful weather.
They settled in this place that gave name, in their language and themselves Totonacan totonacas said.
But the priests, the seven priests of the cave of thunder were unhappy with the invasion of foreigners who brought with them a culture and went to the cave to produce thunder, lightning, lightning and rain and torrential downpours in order to amendrantarlos .
In ancient records that have been deleted millennia, it is said to rained heavily for several days and nights, until someone Cuentra that these storms caused seven the sorcerers, the seven priests of the cavern gave thunder.
Not being friends of the violence, the Totonac boarded a small vessel and providing them with provisions and water launched 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 Totonac people newly settled and for this purpose the wise and the chief priests and people met and decided that nothing could be done against those forces which today simply llamas natural and it would be better homage and worshiping them, worshiping those gods and beg were magnanimous with the people who had just escaped from a monstrous disaster.
And in that same place where there was the temple and the cave and worship the God of Thunder is exercised, the Totonac or smiling men raised the amazing temple of Tajin, which in their language means place of storms. And not only surrendered worship the God of Thunder but implored him for 365 days, as a number of niche has this astonishing monument invoking the good weather in some seasons and the rain, when it is necessary to fertilize the crops.
This wonderful temple known worldwide as pyramid or temple of El Tajin where curiously seem to be generated and thunder storms and torrential rains rises today.
Thus he was born the pyramid of El Tajin, built with reverence and respect for the God of Thunder, adored by those people who lived long before the arrival of foreigners, long before the arrival of the Totonac, when the world seemed to come into existence.
Note: The Totonac Indians were occupying the territory of Veracruz.