Resplendent Phoenix' Wisdom
"We are
many.....but there is only one phoenix."
Includes:
Mayan legend describes how the bird got its crimson breast. When the Mayan chieftain Tecun Uman fell in battle, mortally wounded by the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado, a gold-and-green quetzal (phoenix) landed on his chest. As the chieftain died, the bird flew off, its breast forever stained with the blood of the Mayan.