Aguascalientes.- Aguascalientes is a state with several legendsbut we tell you some of the most famous or representative.
One of the legends is Chulinche and the Indian Chichimeca which tells the story of an indigenous woman who lived before the founding of Aguascalientes, her parents taught her to believe in the blind God Chulinche.
The Chichimeca girl grew up and began to be frivolousthe god he believed in appeared to him to ask his ambitions, however, Some time later he lost his sanity.
Therefore, Chulinche asked other gods for help to cure the Chichimeca indigenous woman, this it was granted but in return the gods asked him to populate their community.
The woman began to make clay dolls that her breath gave them life, the little beings idolized her, years later Aguascalientes was founded.
Another legend that stands out is ‘The Garden Ghost’ which ensures that the soul of a merchant walks when dawn comes, the Garden of San Marcosuntil reaching the door of the church, where he prays for a few minutes and then disappears.
According to the story, in 1851 a group of merchants from Guadalajara arrived, invited by Don Mariano Camino, an industrial pioneer in the state.
One of the guests was Don Felipe Rey González, who started successful businesses, so began to buy gold jewelry, which for fear of being stolen, buried at the request of a great Fresno, in the north and east corner of the Garden.
Don Felipe liked to play and bet near his treasure, however, someone tricked him, which sparked a brawl in which one man ended up dead and two wounded, for which he was arrested.
During the confinement, Don Felipe only thought about his treasure, which made him seriously ill, so he entrusted himself to the Virgen del Pueblito and offered as required a solemn mass of three fathers, orchestra and rockets, time later the man was released.
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Once free Don Felipe began to get sick again, all he asked to do was walk in the Gardenso that one day very weakened, finally died.
The man never fulfilled his mandate with the Virgin, which tormented him even after dying.
It is not known if the treasure was found by someone or is still underground, but the locals say that the ghost of the Garden continues to come every day to tour the place.
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