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During his tour of the state of Yucatan, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador andreported on the progress of the construction of the Mayan trendone of his flagship mega-works.

However, he took the opportunity to share the iImage of a supposed Aluxe that, according to the Mayan culture, he was a goblin who inhabited the Earth before humans.

AMLO explained that photography it was taken a few days ago by an engineer in works; He also pointed out that the Yucatan region is mystical.

“I share two photos of our supervision of the work of the Mayan train: one, taken by an engineer three days ago, apparently from an aluxe; another, by Diego Prieto, of a splendid pre-Hispanic sculpture at Ek Balam. Everything is mystical

(Screenshot: Twitter)
(Screenshot: Twitter)

The legend says that the alux dress like the ancient Mayans and hurt those who don’t offer them anything. They are also capable of scaring or protecting travelers and people who visit their favorite places in exchange for these offers.

It is even believed that when a house or a cornfield is built in the southeast of the country, offerings and altars should be left for these little elves to help the corn grow. because they have the ability to call down rain and watch the fields at night, scaring away thieves.

If you want to enter a sacred place like a forest or a shrine, you must first ask permission from the alux so that they do not prank you or harm you by causing you accidents, illnesses or disasters natural.

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