April 30, 2026

Yohualtepoztli: The Night Hatchet

Yohualtepoztli: The Night Hatchet
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A girlfriend. It's me Adrian or Aiden. Either way, I

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am still your host and you are still listening to Sousto,

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the podcast of paranormal folklore from Latin American cultures. Gool friends,

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thank you so much for joining me once again, and

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if this is your first time, welcome, thank you for

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being here. We really appreciate it. We were actually waiting

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for you, so I'm not sure what took you so long,

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but thankfully you have found your way to the other

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side of the veil. Really quick updates. Something very exciting.

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One of two things that I've been waiting to share

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with you that I did mention previously that I was

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very excited to share with you. And you may have

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seen this if you follow on social media. That's at

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soustal podcast on every platform. I think I posted this

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on Instagram, which means I got posted to Facebook, and

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I also posted on TikTok. But anyway, I made sort

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of this like mini vlog behind the scenes look at

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our new recording space. Now. If you're watching this video

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your tier, you have access to the full video episodes.

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Most times, many of you will see clips of the video,

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so you'll see that. And you know, I've said many

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times that I record out of our home office, which

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is our office, guest room, studio, craft room, nap room.

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But I'm so excited because we will I'm not sure

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I'm fingers crossed by the next episode we will have

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already started. But we did go this past weekend and

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we did a run through of using studio space at

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Austin Public Studios, which if you haven't heard of them,

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Austin Public is part of Austin Film Society, and Austin

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Public is a public access television studio. They have several

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spaces and Jeff and I got certified to use one

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of their spaces there. I have become a certified producer.

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It's something that you can set up for you take

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a class and then you pay a monthly fee to

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use the space as a producer.

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So I'm very excited because.

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We're in there. Like I said, this last weekend, we

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went in. We did a run through just to kind

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of get everything set up and decide how do we

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want the lights set up? What camera shot do we want,

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like where do we need to set up to get

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our shot? And you know, it was clunky. It took

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us a while to get used to the space because

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it was the first time we were in there on

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our own. Previously, we've gone for classes, certifications, trainings, and

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this time we got to just have at it and

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figure out what the that it's going to be. Of Course,

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y'all know I'm a virgo rising, so I wasn't just

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going to go in there and say, all right, let's

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make an episode now. No, we have to have a rehearsal,

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we have to have a run through, and I'm so

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glad we did. I'm so excited. Honestly, it like it

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made me really giddy. This feels like the next evolution

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of the show. I know I'm constantly saying that, but

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that's because I'm constantly trying to grow the show and

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evolve it and make it better and more engaging for

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you all. So again, I'm very excited about this space.

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I feel like there is more opportunity because you know,

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as much as I love our guestroom, office, studio, nap room,

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there are some limitations, specifically with light and sound. You know,

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I have these small this is an extra one. I

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have these small little lights that I'm showing on camera.

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That I use to light myself. I have my webcam,

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some like mood lights that I was gifted. You know,

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I'm I make it happen, right, you know, I'm like

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and I am very lucky to have some of these

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things that we're to me. I've been able to find

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resources anyway. All that to say this place is legit.

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It is a full studio setup. There are like grid

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lights on the ceiling. It reminds me of being in

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theater in high school. The cameras are like television set

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camera quality. I'm just I'm so excited for not only

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to produce typical episodes that we normally do in that setting,

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but also for I think the freedom it's going to

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give me to do other things. I'm hoping, fingers crossed

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that I'll be able to get more guests in person

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on the show, because you know, I can't really have

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I mean I could, I could have a guesting hare.

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Poor Vedornique Medrano. Thank you Diva for being a sport

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and coming to my apartment to record the episode that

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we did here. But you know, now we have this

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amazing space where it would be so much more comfortable,

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so much more fun to bring in people so we'll

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see listen if you want to be on the pod.

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If you got something spooky to promote, you know we

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you know, we love authors here at SUSTAL anything related.

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If you've got scary stories, hit me up, especially if

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you are in Austin, so that we can figure something out,

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because I just I want to use this space to

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its full potential.

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So that really was the only.

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Update that I had for you today, and I could

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talk about it at length because, like I said, I'm

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so excited, so many opportunities with this new space, not

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only just improving the quality of the regular episodes.

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But I'll leave it at that.

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Again, if you haven't seen that vlog behind the scenes

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video I did, I posted it on Instagram and TikTok.

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That's at toost a podcast on every platform and you

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can see, you know, some quick clips that I got

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from there. There's gonna be a teleprompter, you guys, I

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get to use a teleprompter. I definitely am going to

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be doing those TikTok teleprompter tests that people post. I

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should make my own video of one of like going

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through it. Anyway, I'll just leave that there. I'm so

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excited as always, please continue to send in your Letters

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from JGJ. On the Invunch episode. JJJ simply said, Valley girl, and.

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You know what vali ghoul? That is value ghoul to you.

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That's so funny. I'm I am.

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I am very much a proud value ghoul. So it's

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not a secret. I'm like, can you tell? Can you

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hear that I'm from the value when I speak? I

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wouldn't mind, I wouldn't care. I know people get worried

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about it, but I'm like, but I am from there anyway.

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JGJ.

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Maybe you're also a valley girl. What's up, homie? That

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is about all that I have for you. We're gonna

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go ahead and get started with tonight's story, which is

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about the Jowa Tepostly, also known as the night Hatchet.

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In the sixteenth century, a small group of soldiers under

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the command of renand Cortes pushed inland towards the nostid Lan.

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They carried with them iron, powder, horses, and the spoils

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of conquering that grew day by day. Among the spoils

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of war was a boy. He had been taken days

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earlier from a village that had not resisted its colonizers

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quick enough. He was young and smart, able to quickly

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pick up languages, which made him useful to the conquistadores.

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They needed a translator. The soldiers loaded the boy like

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a mule with packs heavier than his frame could bear,

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and taught him just enough Spanish to follow commands and

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to translate simple words. When he stumbled, they struck him.

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When he kept pace, they ignored him.

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They liked to boast.

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About their power and courage on the road. When the

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path narrowed and the trees closed overhead, one man shot

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a musket straight up into the green canopy. He laughed

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as leaves rained down on the path, and birds scattered

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in a frenzy into different directions. See, he said, even

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the mountains jump. The others gave a loud, quick laugh

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in agreement. Another time, one of the soldiers spurred his

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horse hard along a rocky ledge, where the drop fell

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away into mist. The soldier was riding fast and grinning

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hard until the ground widened again. At night, they bragged

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of the battles they had fought. They laughed at the

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false savage gods that failed to protect the many cities

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that fell to their might. Throughout all of this, the

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boy watched quietly. He noticed things in the forest that

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the soldiers did not, signs that.

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The so called false gods were still.

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Here and that they had not abandoned their people. He

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noticed the ravine that swallowed sound instead of returning it.

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He paid attention when echoes from their footsteps arrived too

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early or too late. He paid close attention to the

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forest around him. Whenever he slowed down too much to

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look into the tree line, the soldiers shoved him forward

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with the grunt. The boy was too scared to acknowledge

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the power the soldiers carried. He knew the path they

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were taking it would lead directly to his home village,

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where his parents still lived. One night, while the fires

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burned low and the men drunk on wine that was

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intended for mass, droned on of gold and glory, the

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boy spoke up to share a story of his own.

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He told them the mountains were not empty, and that

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the dark of night was not merely the absence of light,

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it was a presence itself. He spoke carefully of the Skatliboka,

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the god who watched without being seen, who tested men

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not in temples or churches, but in solitude.

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He tried to.

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Explain jowarte Postli, the thing sent by the Skatlipoca, that

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walked at night that made a sound like an axe

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biding into a tree that wouldn't fall. He told these

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stories as warnings, but all also as pleased to the

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gods to intervene to save him and his family. The

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soldiers laughed. They crossed themselves and raised their voices, not

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toward heaven, but toward the forest itself. One recited Latin loudly,

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shaping each syllable as if pounding it into the dark.

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Another held up his cross and turned slowly, making a circle,

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daring whatever listened to contradict him. They were mocking the boy.

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A man who had fought in many battles told the

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boy that demons fled from true faith. Another added that

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whatever haunted these hills would kneel before the cross, just

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as the people would. Their laughter grew louder. After that,

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the boy said nothing more. They made camp in the foothills,

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where the trees grew thick and the ground held the

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day's warmth long after the sun retreated. There was a

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peculiar atmosphere this evening. Even the horses were restless and

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kept stamping at the shadows between the trees surrounding their camp.

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The boy fell asleep at the edge of the camp,

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forced far from the safety of the fire that the

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soldiers hugged close to. The boy heard it, first, a

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hollow thud in the distance.

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Then again.

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He stiffened where he sat, a bundle of gear still

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slung across his shoulders. His eyes moved toward the tree line,

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though he did not yet turn his head. Another thud,

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but much closer.

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This time.

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One of the soldiers stirred and frowned, Did you hear them?

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The sound cut him off sharper, now, as though an

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invisible axe had struck just beyond the firelight. Several men

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stood at once, their hands moved to the hilts of

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their swords and the stalks of muskets. The leader muttered

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about wood cutters or tricks of the terrain, though there

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were no settlements for days in any direction. The boy

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spoke quietly. No wood, he said, no man.

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A pause.

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Then some of the men laughed, but now their guffaws

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felt forced. One of the men seized a burning branch

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and stepped beyond the fire's edge, holding it out like

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an offering or a dare. If your spirit wants us,

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he called into the dark, let it face us. The

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night did not answer for a moment. Then, from the

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opposite side of the camp, whatever it was it was

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circling them, the horses began to let out distressed whinnies.

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One tore free of its tether and bolted into the chaparral,

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vanishing into brush that should not have been thick enough

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to hide it. The men spun around and circled closer together.

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They pressed their bodies together as they lifted their weapons

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and shouted into the forest. The boy did not move

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from his place at the edge of the camp. The

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soldiers would not protect him. He stared into the place

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where the firelight failed. It is here, he said, with

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a certainty in his voice. Good, the leader replied, gripping

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his cross and stepping forward, voice hardening into command.

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Then we end this.

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He raised the cross high in the name of Christ.

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He began Latin, practiced, and loud we command. A thud

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interrupted him. Something twitched within the trees. At first it

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was only a deepening of shadow, something blocking the fire's reach.

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Then the figure stepped forward, and.

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All doubt fell away.

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It had the shape of a man with arms and legs,

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but above the shoulders there was nothing, only a flat,

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severed plane where a head should have been, like the

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trunk of a tree cut clean through.

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Its chest hung open.

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Two shutters of flesh like doors, swung inward and struck

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each other with each step. That was the sound, not

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the strike of an axe, but a body trying endlessly

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to close itself. The men recoiled in a mix of

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terror and disgust, but only briefly. Training and pride pulled

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them back into motion. One rushed forward with his sword raised,

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shouting as if volume alone might make the strike true.

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Another fired his musket too quickly, the shot cracking through

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the trees in a burst of flame and smoke that

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should have torn through any living thing. The musket ball

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passed through the open cavity in the creature's chest and

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lodged in a tree beyond the doors in the creature's

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chest stretched open wider. Firelight spilled inside, and for a

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moment the men saw something that had no place inside,

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a body that walked without a head, a heart beating

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inside the chest with a steady strength. The soldier who

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fired the musket screamed with sudden recognition of the headless adversary.

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His cry twisted mid breath, and he staggered back, clutching

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at his own chest, as though something in him was

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answering the yowaldte Bostli. The others fell away from him

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in horror. The leader stepped forward again and forced anger

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into his voice. He lifted the cross high, as if

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volume and feigned certainty might replace his now wavering faith.

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He shouted words he had shouted before. Those words had

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always worked when he spoke loudly enough. The creature, however,

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did not turn its body away from him, and instead

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aligned itself with the sound of his voice. It stepped closer,

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the corporeal doors in its chest struck together in that

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same hollow rhythm, and the sound echoed through the camp

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and was felt inside everyone else's hearts. The boy watched

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and understood. They were all speaking at the thing. Some

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tried commanding it, some daring it, some denying it, and

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some treating it as an enemy to be driven off.

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But it was not attacking them. It was not advancing

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in hunger or in anger. Instead, it was waiting. For

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many soldiers, the waiting became too much, and they fled

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into the forest. The boy slid the pack from his

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shoulders and let it fall heavily to the ground.

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No one noticed.

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Every eye was fixed on the creature as they tried

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to prove that it had no power over them. When

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the boy stepped forward, a hand grabbed him rough and

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panicked get back, someone shouted. The boy twisted free. You

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do not understand, he said, in a broken Spanish, driven

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by urgency. It is not cut, it is chaste, and

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it is taken. The leader turned on him, disbelief, sharpening

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his voice. Taken, how can this demon be taken? But

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the boy was already moving past them. The creature slowly

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shifted back towards the forest, inviting pursuit. The boy followed

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without hesitation, though his legs shook and his breath came

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hard behind him, the soldiers shouted and cursed. One lifted

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his musket again and fired. The boy heard the ball

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hid a tree behind him, but none.

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Of the soldiers followed.

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The forest closed in around the boy. Slowly, the firelight

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and voices from the soldiers faded into the distance. Only

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the sound of the thuds remained, guiding him deeper into

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the dark. Now, though the sound did not frighten the

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boy as it did before, it gave him purpose as

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it led him deeper into the forest, away from his captors.

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He ran, even as every instinct begged him to stop.

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Fear filled his body, with a tightening in his chest

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and a burning in his lungs. He chose to not

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deny that fear, but to carry it with him. The

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ground leveled and the trees started thinning as he ran,

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until eventually the darkness felt wider and more open. Then

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the sound ceased, and the creature stood still waiting for him.

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Up close.

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The opening in its chest was larger than it should

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have been, as though the body could not contain what

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it held inside. A heart beat slowly, with each pulse

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pressing against the flaps that failed to restrain it. The

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boy reached in with a trembling hand. He understood the

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risks of what he was about to do, but the

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stories told him he must do this. He grabbed the heart.

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It felt warm as his fingers closed around it. The

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moment he made contact, a gust of wind rushed towards him,

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and it felt like the world had cracked open. The

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heart continued to beat, and he could feel the rhythm

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traveled down his arm and threw his bones. His own

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heart slowed to match the pulse. Then the creature spoke

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without a mouth. The voice seemed to come out from

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the entire creature at once brave one, It said, almost gently,

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what do you wish?

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He thought of the soldiers.

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And the way they laughed, of their certainty that noise,

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iron and symbols made them untouchable. He thought of his village,

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and of what would come if men like them reached

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the heart of the world. He knew, I want you

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to save my people, he said, all of them.

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There was a.

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Pause long enough to feel weighted and measured.

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You alone.

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Hold me, the voice replied, softly, not them, I am

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one of them. The boy replied. The heart beat harder

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in his hand, faster now, as if it recognized the

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choice being made. The voice did not speak again. It

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did not need to. The forest grew dark, and the

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sound of the axe returned. It wasn't coming from the

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body this time, but it surrounded them. The creature's body

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shuddered and then began to collapse inward, the folds of

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flesh drawing tight around the heart, as if the body

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itself had never been more than a vessel. When the

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boy released his grip, the heart was gone. The sound

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faded with it, retreating from the world and into places

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where it would wait to be heard again. The boy

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was alone. At dawn, He found the trail and followed

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it home. He warned his village about the incoming soldiers

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and the threat they all faced. He asked them to

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petition the Scattlipoca to encourage the Yuarte Postli to make

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good on its promise. The soldiers who had fled that

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night found their camp untouched and the fire long cold.

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The few soldiers who had stood their ground huddled together,

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muttering prayers. The ground where the creature walked was unmarked,

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as though the night had passed without event. No sign

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remained of the thing they had seen, no proof of

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the fear that had driven them back. They told one

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another it had been a trick of shadows. Others said

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it was a test from God that was wan with

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their faith. Some claimed it was a demon who took

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the boy as a sacrifice. The soldiers continued on their

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march deeper into land, but they would not make it far.

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In the days that followed.

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They quarreled paths, somehow doubled back on themselves. Supplies spoiled

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faster than they should have. A horse broke its leg

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on level ground. Men woke in the night, clutching their chests,

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gasping for breath, convinced they heard something in the night.

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Then the sickness came. It moved unevenly through them, sparing

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some without reason and striking others down without warning. When

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they tried to retreat, it was as if the mountains

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pressed close, and familiar routes failed to appear. They soon

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began to speak of curses and trials, misunderstood too late.

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They never reached the villages beyond the foothills. The boy's

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home stood untouched. No fires would burn the homes, no

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iron would strike the innocent. Seasons turned as they always had,

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even as villages and cities surrounding had been conquered and burned.

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His people rem As time passed, they shared the story

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of the boy with true courage, who protected them, who

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made a deal with a Yowati Postli. Welcome back, well friends.

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First off, to listen to early and ad free episodes,

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my website and clicking the bonus content button at the

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navigation bar on top. Just if you feel like doing

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that and skipping the ads, we're gonna go ahead and

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get to these sources that we have here. The first

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one is from a website called a Book of Creatures

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dot com, and as always, the direct links are included

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in the Susto Google docs on that bonus content on

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Patreon as well. So this creature, this entity, there's two

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spellings for it there, well, actually there there's several, but

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the two main ones that I saw for the joalte

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Postli and yes, I did have to practice saying the

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scatlipoca and ualti postli and and all those words. I

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had to practice saying those, saying them so close to

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each other because my tongue is not used to moving

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that way. Speaking of colonizers.

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Ah.

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But again, this first one a book of creatures, and

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the variations here are yoalte pustli with a U instead

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of an o, Yu alte postli, which is the spelling

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we went for with this, the ana, the night acts,

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the night hatchet. I think those are yeah, those variations,

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but ulti postli and the spelling with either an o

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or you are the more common ones. But essentially this

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is a creature, as it's described from Mexico that it

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is a headless humanoid being. It's it's shaped like a

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person no head, and its chest cavity is flayed open

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so that you can see its heart in the center.

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And the entry here this says ud thud thud. The

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yualte Postli reveals its presence in the mountains of Mexico

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with a loud, imminent sound, much like that of an

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axe being driven into wood, which is why they call

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it the night hatchet or the night axe. This is

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what earns it its name from yoali meaning night, and

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the bostly meaning axe or hatchet. It is a spirit

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or phantasm associated with the Scattlipoca, and it exists to

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torment nocturnal travelers. And I'm gonna give a bit more

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about that connection to the Scottlipoka in a bit, But

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essentially so this says it's a fantasm. I think it

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does kind of have like a legend says it has

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like a physical being. So it's not just a ghost

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or a spirit. It's a creature a monster. It's more

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in that realm versus like disembodied thing. Right, this continues,

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The dull blows continue, and the traveler breaks out into

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a cold sweat. Fleeing seems like a good idea, but

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paradoxically they would be best advised to follow the noise

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to the yoat de Postli itself. It manifests as a

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humanoid creature, resembling a headless man instead of ahead they

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Bustli has a stump like that of a felled tree.

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The chest cavity is open and hollow, and the heart

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is visible inside and framed on both sides by what

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looks like a small hinged doors. The doors flap loosely

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as the yote bustly moves, and their impact against each

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other causes the dull thuds. So I don't know if

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this is so. Again, this is shaped like a person,

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right some depictions some drawings show it as like fleshy,

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and some drawings show it as like wooden. Right, And

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that's why it makes that thudding sound so like is

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this kind of like a like a like a scary Pinocchio,

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almost like you know, really bucked up Pinocchio. I don't know.

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With its chest cavity opening closing, that's kind of what

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I thought of, right, But either way, this says priests,

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warriors and other fearless people should immediately grab the AA

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de Bostly's heart and hold it tight, threatening to tear

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it out. This creature, this entity, its lore is so

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interesting to me, like the story surrounding it. What you're

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supposed to do with or you're not supposed to do?

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How to like deal with it?

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Whatever?

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Anyway, it says that you should immediately grab its heart,

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reach into its cavity, threatening to tear it out. The

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creature can be asked for fame, glory, riches, strength, and

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other gifts. It will offer an agave thorn in return

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for its freedom, but it should not be released until

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three or four thorns have been gifted. In turn, those

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agaba thorns guarantee the capture of as many prisoners of

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war and therefore of as much fame, glory, riches, and strength.

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I will say I felt very inspired. I thought of

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like a tattoo idea that I really want based off

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of this story. And I want a tattoo of like

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a hand grasping a heart, and I don't know, maybe

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there's like three agave thorns, like you know, kind of

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like a light burst, but it's agave thorns around it,

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like holding the heart.

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Because to me, this, if I'm thinking like.

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Literarily analogy, metaphor what have you, to me, this is

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a story about like facing your fears and like grabbing

475
00:29:58.440 --> 00:30:02.039
hold of them and then Britney Spears choosing your own destiny.

476
00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:02.960
If you know what I'm.

477
00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:06.920
Referencing there, please comment or something. Let me know Britney

478
00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:09.839
Spears choosing my own destiny. Yeah, just like what's that saying?

479
00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:12.359
Like you know, grabbing life, grabbing the bull by the horns,

480
00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:15.400
essentially grabbing life by whatever body part people say, but

481
00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:18.640
like taking charge and like facing your fears and creating

482
00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:21.960
your own destiny, your own story, taking charge of it.

483
00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:24.279
Because when you do take charge of it, a lot

484
00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:26.359
of time people say, you know, like when you face

485
00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:28.799
those fears, when you take charge of your life, life

486
00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:31.319
seems to like grant you the things that you want. Right,

487
00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:35.000
So that's to me, that's what this is a metaphor for. So,

488
00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:37.079
I don't know. When we were putting the story together,

489
00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:38.880
I was like, I think that'd be a really cool

490
00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:43.400
tattoo idea a heart had grasping a heart like squeezing

491
00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:46.440
at hardcore, and then it's maybe some agave thorns around it. Anyway,

492
00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:49.920
this wraps up holding onto a Yowa depostly's heart is

493
00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:54.119
a harrowing experience. Less brave people may immediately pull out

494
00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:57.839
the heart without bargaining and run home. If this happens,

495
00:30:57.960 --> 00:31:01.000
the heart should be wrapped up in cloth, left overnight.

496
00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:05.039
By morning, If the heart has transformed into agave thorns,

497
00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:08.000
burned down it's like feathers or cotton, then it is

498
00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:11.599
a good omen. If coal or rags are left instead,

499
00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:14.759
then bad luck is sure to follow. But for those

500
00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:18.319
cowards who fear the Yuati Posti and dare not approach,

501
00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:21.279
there are no rewards. They will flee and tear it

502
00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:24.359
at the sound of the night hatchet, and misfortune will

503
00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:27.920
befall them. So this takes that metaphor even further right,

504
00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:30.400
and it says you need to face your fears because

505
00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:33.920
if you don't, then there's misfortune that awaits you for

506
00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:34.799
not facing them.

507
00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:35.079
Right.

508
00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:37.319
But I like how it goes even further and it says,

509
00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:38.960
you know, it's not as simple as like, oh, well, yeah, no,

510
00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:40.519
I'm just gonna grab the heart because that's what you're

511
00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:43.000
supposed to do, right. It says it's a harrowing experience.

512
00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:46.599
So maybe this creature can make you feel fear. It

513
00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:49.400
is fear itself, and so it is reaching. It's not

514
00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:53.039
as simple as reaching for it. That act itself is scary.

515
00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:54.960
It's hard to do, but that's why there was such

516
00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:57.839
reward for it, right, I don't know. That seemed really

517
00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:59.640
interesting to me. I was like, Wow, that's really cool.

518
00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:02.440
I like this idea, this story. I'm very into. That's

519
00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:05.119
also kind of part of why I have my plan

520
00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:07.559
chat tattoo, which trying to show it here on camera.

521
00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:10.839
I posted pictures of it because I've seen theories about

522
00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:13.319
like how people essentially like people will move it to

523
00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:15.480
get the answers that they want. So to me, that's

524
00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:18.440
the idea of like providing yourself the answer is like

525
00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:22.480
searching for knowledge, for truth whatever. Although I do believe

526
00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:24.960
that the spearboard can be used for divination, like, there's

527
00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:27.839
also that side of it. I'm hello, studious, you know

528
00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:29.759
what I mean. Anyway, we're gonna take a quick break

529
00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:32.200
before the next source. If you'd like to listen to

530
00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:36.079
ad free episodes, you can do so by visiting soustoplus

531
00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:53.000
dot com. Welcome back, cool friends. So this next one

532
00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:56.680
is from a journal. This is the Journal of American Folklore,

533
00:32:56.920 --> 00:33:00.440
volume eight, and the entry in the journal is a

534
00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:04.880
Note on Ancient Mexican Folklore. And this is like an archive.

535
00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:08.279
It's an academic source. It's from archive dot org. I

536
00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:10.160
think it's a j store source. But anyway, if you

537
00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:13.279
look that up, a Note on Ancient Mexican Folklore by

538
00:33:13.640 --> 00:33:17.839
Nutali Zelia. And this is page okay, so it's page one,

539
00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:19.799
twenty one. Sorry that took me a while to find it,

540
00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:22.680
but I want to read an entry from this. It says, thus,

541
00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:27.759
while the apparition of a phantasm betokened death and misfortune,

542
00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:30.680
to the timid. It offered the brave an opportunity for

543
00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:35.880
procuring supernatural favors. The strangest of all the fantasms described

544
00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:40.319
is perhaps the joade Bustli literally quote, the night hatchet

545
00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:44.799
or axe manifested itself by causing loud, intermittent sounds resembling

546
00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:47.839
those produced by the blows of an axe and splitting wood.

547
00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:51.200
These ominous sounds were audible at dead of night in

548
00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:54.319
the mountains and inspired terror, for they were said to

549
00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:58.119
be illusions produced by the Scottliboka in order to frighten

550
00:33:58.200 --> 00:34:00.880
and mock those who were out in the dark. When

551
00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:04.240
a brave man heard them, instead of taking to flight,

552
00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:07.119
he followed the sound of the blows, and as soon

553
00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:10.280
as he perceived a semblance to a human figure, he

554
00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:12.960
quickly ran towards it and seized it firmly. But it

555
00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:15.559
was not easy to do so, for the phantom ran

556
00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:18.599
to and fro for a long time. So in this

557
00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:21.480
entry they say that you have to chase it. I've

558
00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:24.800
heard other versions where it will chase you until you decide, actually,

559
00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:26.840
I'm going to face this thing and go for the heart.

560
00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:29.800
And in this version it's saying you see it out there.

561
00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:32.440
It's kind of it's scary, but you got to chase

562
00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:35.280
it yourself, right. It says, at last, it pretended to

563
00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:38.199
be worn out and stood still waiting for its pursuer,

564
00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:41.000
who perceived that the specter bore the semblance of a

565
00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:43.400
man without a head. Its neck was like a trunk

566
00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:46.079
of a tree that had been cut, and its chest

567
00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:48.840
was wide open and had at each side what was

568
00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:51.639
like a small swinging door that opened and shut as

569
00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:54.760
the phantom ran. When these doors closed and met, they

570
00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:58.519
produced the strange sounds like hollow blows. Now, if the

571
00:34:58.559 --> 00:35:01.280
man in pursuit was a brave warrior or priest, he

572
00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:04.599
looked into the opening, and, perceiving the heart of the phantom,

573
00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:07.400
introduced his hand and seized it as though he would

574
00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:10.119
tear it out. This mentions, first of all, it's saying,

575
00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:13.440
it's all men, ladies, go rip hearts out. Do not

576
00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:16.880
let these historical writings stop you. I think anybody can

577
00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:20.199
do this. That being said, it also says that if

578
00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:23.239
it's a warrior or a priest, it's always a warrior

579
00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:24.519
or a priest pursuing them.

580
00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:26.519
And I guess you can use that slowly.

581
00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:29.199
You can, you know, identify as a warrior, someone who's

582
00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:31.840
had to fight, you know. But I think in a

583
00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:36.119
lot of these writings they're referencing literal warriors or priests.

584
00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:39.400
But again, who's writing these probably the scout book. I

585
00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:40.960
was writing the rules, right, but rules are meant to

586
00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:42.639
be broken. I think you don't have to be a

587
00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:46.360
priest or a warrior if you ever encounter the juati

588
00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:49.559
postli go for it anyway. This says that the warrior

589
00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:52.159
the priest would grab the heart threat to tear it out.

590
00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:55.719
With this in his grasp, he demanded strength and bravery

591
00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:57.800
or riches, for it was in the power of the

592
00:35:57.840 --> 00:36:01.079
Scottlipoca to grant anything that was asked for, although he

593
00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:04.719
did not dispense his favors equally. The phantom responded to

594
00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:08.280
the demand by saying, brave and courteous friend, release me

595
00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:11.199
what dost thou wish, what dost thou desire me to

596
00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:14.079
give thee? The man replied, I shall not release thee,

597
00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:17.440
for I have captured thee, whereupon the phantom offered him

598
00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:19.840
one agave thorn, saying.

599
00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:21.519
Here is a thorn. Release me.

600
00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:23.760
That's I don't know why that's so fun and funny

601
00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:26.440
to me. It's a crystal, nothing more. But he who

602
00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:30.320
grasped the phantom, if sufficiently brave, did not content himself

603
00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:33.159
with one, but only relinquished his hold when he had

604
00:36:33.159 --> 00:36:36.599
obtained three or four of these gifts. These ensured his

605
00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:41.320
capturing as many prisoners in war, and since military honors

606
00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:44.440
depended upon the taking of prisoners, the man thus secured

607
00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:48.280
for himself and gained from the phantom future honors, riches,

608
00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:50.760
and the insignia of brave warriors.

609
00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:51.960
What would you ask for?

610
00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:54.400
I mean, definitely I would ask for like, Okay, if

611
00:36:54.400 --> 00:36:56.960
I had let's say I got the maximum for thorns,

612
00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:59.320
I would ask for Okay, there's different ways you can

613
00:36:59.360 --> 00:37:02.920
go for this, right, Okay, if I was being let's say,

614
00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:07.079
the world was not a complete shit show, and who

615
00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:12.079
knows how much power the has and this Gottlibuka can

616
00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:14.519
has as well, right, even though this Gottlipbuka is the

617
00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:17.400
god of gods. But if they had like unlimited power,

618
00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:21.800
obviously I'd be like, we are ending, like true pageant answers,

619
00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:24.760
we're ending world hunger world peace, And I feel like

620
00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:27.360
those would be the two right, world hunger and world peace,

621
00:37:27.400 --> 00:37:29.840
and world hunger grants world peace and then I would

622
00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:33.239
want like endless amounts of money to do whatever I wanted,

623
00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:36.119
to help whoever I wanted, and to be happy with

624
00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:38.960
all of that. Right, that's for right. I think that's fair.

625
00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:43.679
I think that covers everything. Right. I wonder it like genies, right,

626
00:37:43.719 --> 00:37:46.039
Like if there's rules, you can't wish for more wishes

627
00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:48.599
and you can't you know, like what are the limitations

628
00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:54.000
around these magic agave thorns? Anyways, this continues badd Sahagun

629
00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:57.440
also relates that some less courageous men simply tore the

630
00:37:57.519 --> 00:38:00.400
heart out of the specter without speaking to it, and

631
00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:03.519
then fled at full speed, hiding and keeping the heart

632
00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:06.760
with great care and wrapping and tying it up in cloths.

633
00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:10.840
On the following morning, they unfolded these and examined the contents.

634
00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:14.800
If they found auspicious signs such as one or two thorns,

635
00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:18.199
or birds down or cotton, so again feathers or cotton,

636
00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:21.400
they knew that it meant good fortune and prosperity. If

637
00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:23.960
they found charcoal or a piece of dirty rag, it

638
00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:26.880
meant misery and bad luck. And this is one of

639
00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:29.800
the sources that was in the first source that we read.

640
00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:32.480
They cited this This continues when the fantasm of the

641
00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:35.199
night hatchet was heard by a coward who did not

642
00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:37.559
attempt to chase or follow it. He was filled with

643
00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:40.639
terror at the evils that were about to befall him

644
00:38:40.719 --> 00:38:44.280
on account of the terrible omen. So this like many

645
00:38:44.320 --> 00:38:46.639
of the things that we encounter on the show the

646
00:38:46.840 --> 00:38:51.639
litusas screeching, Leora's crying, curing al silbone whistle, these are

647
00:38:51.719 --> 00:38:55.519
all bad omens right of either of misfortune or even death.

648
00:38:55.719 --> 00:38:58.360
And so this is similar, except with this one. This

649
00:38:58.400 --> 00:39:03.079
has a very clear solution to like undoing the bad

650
00:39:03.159 --> 00:39:06.679
misfortune is It's not even like if you hear this thing,

651
00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:09.360
you're screwed. It's like, if you hear it, go get

652
00:39:09.400 --> 00:39:11.840
it and undo your bad luck. And as a matter

653
00:39:11.880 --> 00:39:14.639
of fact, full point eighty, get good luck, get some

654
00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:16.719
magical gaba thor and some wishes.

655
00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:17.000
Right.

656
00:39:17.239 --> 00:39:19.880
This goes on to talk more about the scott Lepoka

657
00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:22.760
and kind of other things about that. But I just

658
00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:25.320
thought it was so interesting to see this covered in

659
00:39:25.360 --> 00:39:27.800
this in this journal, in this entry a Note on

660
00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:31.920
Ancient Mexican Folklore, and again Journal of American Folklore. I

661
00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:34.960
will be looking for a printed copy of this if not,

662
00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:38.000
just reading the rest of this because it's available online,

663
00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:40.119
so check that out. Okay, we're going to take one

664
00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:56.239
more quick break before the next dourse. Okay, so this

665
00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:59.360
next one, this might be really short just because. So

666
00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:03.079
this is an other thing from the Internet archive. And

667
00:40:03.280 --> 00:40:06.639
this is titled Estoria Hener de las Cosas de Nueva

668
00:40:06.880 --> 00:40:13.880
Espanados voluminous escuerio and this is by there's several names

669
00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:16.360
listed here, but this looks like this is a book,

670
00:40:16.880 --> 00:40:19.840
an old book, and on page five there is mention

671
00:40:20.079 --> 00:40:22.280
of what this is. The cover of the book doesn't

672
00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:24.840
even have a title. I'm like, what is I'm like

673
00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:27.480
live googling. I hate when I have to do this. Yeah,

674
00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:29.639
I think the book is just called Oh, it's the

675
00:40:29.679 --> 00:40:33.559
Florentine Codex General History of the Things of New Spain.

676
00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:34.679
And this is.

677
00:40:34.639 --> 00:40:37.000
Apparently in there. This is a short excerpt and I

678
00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:39.800
wanted to read this real quick. So apparently this this

679
00:40:39.880 --> 00:40:44.679
has a typo or like a very uncommon version of

680
00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:49.360
the the name of the and this says when someone

681
00:40:49.400 --> 00:40:52.159
at night heard blows like someone chopping wood, and this

682
00:40:52.239 --> 00:40:54.519
is translated from Spanish to English. They took it as

683
00:40:54.559 --> 00:40:57.679
a bad omen. This they called and here they call

684
00:40:57.760 --> 00:41:01.719
it the dual de pustli, so it's t a but

685
00:41:02.239 --> 00:41:06.519
usually the other spellings are yo h u a al tepli,

686
00:41:06.679 --> 00:41:09.880
and this is dual tsli, so it's like close enough,

687
00:41:09.880 --> 00:41:12.360
but the descriptions match, right, So not sure like how

688
00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:14.679
this type of happened, And this is actually how it

689
00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:16.239
is written in the book. I can see in the

690
00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:19.079
image here as well. This says which means night x.

691
00:41:19.280 --> 00:41:21.559
Mostly this sound was heard at the first sleep of

692
00:41:21.639 --> 00:41:23.880
the night, when everyone is fast asleep and no other

693
00:41:23.920 --> 00:41:27.800
noise is heard. So then this continues to tell essentially

694
00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:31.039
the same thing. I wish my Spanish was better so

695
00:41:31.039 --> 00:41:33.280
that I could like sit down and translate all of

696
00:41:33.280 --> 00:41:35.360
this for you, like in a way that made more sense,

697
00:41:35.400 --> 00:41:37.920
But my Spanish is not that great, and neither is

698
00:41:38.119 --> 00:41:39.519
Google translates, right.

699
00:41:39.679 --> 00:41:41.000
But this also talks.

700
00:41:40.800 --> 00:41:44.159
About the connection to the Scottlipoca, which is why I

701
00:41:44.159 --> 00:41:47.039
wanted to have this source, because I thought that would

702
00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:49.920
be like a good kind of segue into who the

703
00:41:49.920 --> 00:41:52.360
scottl Liipoca is and why we keep mentioning them. Right,

704
00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:57.880
So this is from Mexico Descosido dot com dot MX

705
00:41:57.960 --> 00:42:01.039
and this is an entry about the Scatlipoca, the capricious

706
00:42:01.079 --> 00:42:07.039
god of Meshka mythology. This says omnipresent, powerful, virile, and fickal.

707
00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:10.679
The Skottlipuka, or the smoking mirror, was the most important

708
00:42:10.800 --> 00:42:14.119
deity of the Meshka in the post Classic period. This

709
00:42:14.199 --> 00:42:17.719
says experts placed the meso American post Classic period between

710
00:42:17.800 --> 00:42:20.320
nine hundred and fifteen twenty one, the year the Aztec

711
00:42:20.360 --> 00:42:23.239
Empire fell to the Spanish. During this time, the Aztecs

712
00:42:23.320 --> 00:42:27.360
and Toltecs flourished in Central Mexico, developing a complex pantheon

713
00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:31.400
of over one hundred deities that gave meaning to their world,

714
00:42:31.519 --> 00:42:34.599
and among them all, the Skottlipuka was the most important.

715
00:42:34.800 --> 00:42:37.119
This continues, and there's a list of names here that

716
00:42:37.119 --> 00:42:38.800
I'm going to try very hard to get through. So

717
00:42:38.840 --> 00:42:41.000
if you see me struggling, no you didn't, and give

718
00:42:41.039 --> 00:42:42.800
me my props for trying it and getting through it.

719
00:42:42.840 --> 00:42:44.840
Because I've said all these names, I'm looking at them.

720
00:42:44.840 --> 00:42:47.480
I've said all these names individually before, but never in

721
00:42:47.519 --> 00:42:48.239
a list together.

722
00:42:48.360 --> 00:42:49.000
So here we go.

723
00:42:49.199 --> 00:42:52.199
This says, if we understand the Meshka pantheon as the

724
00:42:52.280 --> 00:42:55.679
set of its divinities, according to the research, right Offiodena,

725
00:42:55.840 --> 00:42:58.320
author of the book the Meshica Religion. There were up

726
00:42:58.400 --> 00:43:01.480
to one hundred fourteen gods in the religion of the civilization,

727
00:43:01.800 --> 00:43:06.360
among which fifteen main deities stood out, such as ohmiteot

728
00:43:06.519 --> 00:43:11.280
gets kowat Cla, looq Wi, miklant Kutli, and of course

729
00:43:11.400 --> 00:43:14.400
the Skatlipoca. Let me see if I can say that

730
00:43:14.440 --> 00:43:16.960
without editing between them. Here this can be a full

731
00:43:17.039 --> 00:43:24.400
run again such as ohmedeot gets Al, kowat Cla, look Witsili,

732
00:43:25.039 --> 00:43:29.559
miklan de Kutli, and of course the Gatlipoca. I did it,

733
00:43:29.960 --> 00:43:34.000
I did it. This continues the Scutlipoca, the god god

734
00:43:34.079 --> 00:43:37.400
who was located at the top of the hierarchy. Likewise,

735
00:43:38.039 --> 00:43:41.440
let me just say this here. I am not a historian.

736
00:43:41.719 --> 00:43:44.599
I try to educate myself. I am sharing with you

737
00:43:44.719 --> 00:43:47.199
information I've said this before. I'm sharing with you information

738
00:43:47.280 --> 00:43:49.880
that I am finding online. So the accuracy about this,

739
00:43:50.400 --> 00:43:52.800
I am taking this out its phase value. This looks

740
00:43:52.840 --> 00:43:55.559
like a reputable enough source. So if any of this

741
00:43:55.679 --> 00:43:58.320
is inaccurate, please feel free to share with me or

742
00:43:58.320 --> 00:44:01.480
correct me and say, hey, actually, oh, you can find different,

743
00:44:01.480 --> 00:44:03.960
more accurate information over here. If you look this way.

744
00:44:04.079 --> 00:44:08.039
Don't be mean to me, please trying This says likewise.

745
00:44:08.039 --> 00:44:12.119
According to Prehispanic mythology, the Scottlipboka could not be understood

746
00:44:12.119 --> 00:44:15.559
without getz A Kuwat the feathered serpent, as they formed

747
00:44:15.559 --> 00:44:20.039
a duality and were simultaneously antagonistic. The former symbolized to

748
00:44:20.079 --> 00:44:23.400
the night, sky and war, among many other things, while

749
00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:26.199
the latter was seen as the god of light, fertility,

750
00:44:26.239 --> 00:44:29.679
and wisdom. So that would be Getzukuwata would be the

751
00:44:29.719 --> 00:44:32.800
god of light, fertilitian wisdom the feathered serpent. For this reason,

752
00:44:32.920 --> 00:44:37.000
Getsu kuat is also known as white Deskatliboka, and the

753
00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:40.559
Skottliboka's color is black. So there's that balance, that yin

754
00:44:40.639 --> 00:44:43.320
and that yang. Right. This talks about the smoking mirror, right,

755
00:44:43.360 --> 00:44:46.239
It says the Scottlipboka comes from the Nahwat word meaning

756
00:44:46.360 --> 00:44:49.639
the smoking mirror, referring to the various depictions of him

757
00:44:49.679 --> 00:44:53.000
wearing obsidian mirrors on different parts of his body, such

758
00:44:53.000 --> 00:44:56.039
as his chest, headdress, or feet. It's important to remember

759
00:44:56.039 --> 00:45:00.239
that the Meshika believed these mirrors possessed divinatory powers. As

760
00:45:00.239 --> 00:45:02.760
we believe here, mirrors are portals, right, and only this

761
00:45:02.880 --> 00:45:07.079
deity could bestow them upon the Tlatoanis or the rulers. Furthermore,

762
00:45:07.280 --> 00:45:10.880
we can understand his significance by knowing that he was

763
00:45:10.960 --> 00:45:15.719
considered omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient. He was also the lord

764
00:45:15.760 --> 00:45:18.960
of all things, of the invisible providence darkness, and the

765
00:45:19.000 --> 00:45:23.119
creator of heaven and earth. Curiously, however, despite his vast power,

766
00:45:23.159 --> 00:45:26.920
he was always depicted as young, associated with the jaguar.

767
00:45:27.199 --> 00:45:29.440
I really like the scottli BOOKA the more I read

768
00:45:29.440 --> 00:45:31.960
about them, and this says. It is striking that such

769
00:45:32.000 --> 00:45:35.440
a powerful god was portrayed as capricious and fickle, for

770
00:45:35.800 --> 00:45:38.519
just as he bestowed blessings, he also took them away

771
00:45:38.599 --> 00:45:41.960
at will, causing illness and problems of all kinds. For

772
00:45:42.039 --> 00:45:44.840
this reason, the Meshica both feared and revered him, as

773
00:45:44.840 --> 00:45:48.480
they considered themselves at the mercy of his ever changing will. Finally,

774
00:45:48.480 --> 00:45:51.239
the complexity of this deity is evident in the large

775
00:45:51.280 --> 00:45:54.239
number of names he had. According to Doris Hayden, a

776
00:45:54.280 --> 00:45:58.239
prominent scholar of ancient Mexico colonial chronicles, contain up to

777
00:45:58.320 --> 00:46:01.800
three hundred and sixty different ways of addressing the Scottlipoca.

778
00:46:01.920 --> 00:46:05.480
He of many names, and the reason that I wanted

779
00:46:05.519 --> 00:46:08.639
to share about the Scottlibuka is because I don't think

780
00:46:08.679 --> 00:46:10.440
it's come up yet in these sources. It may come

781
00:46:10.519 --> 00:46:13.840
up in the next source. But basically, the yoata postly

782
00:46:14.280 --> 00:46:18.079
it gets its power, it's power to grant wishes through

783
00:46:18.519 --> 00:46:23.639
the Scottlibuka. It is a manifestation of sorts of the Scottlipoca.

784
00:46:23.679 --> 00:46:27.920
It is a creation of the Scottlipoca. And so for

785
00:46:27.960 --> 00:46:32.400
whatever reason, the Scottlipoca created this thing manifests as a

786
00:46:32.639 --> 00:46:37.599
yalta postli, and that's why Aposti has power, right. Its

787
00:46:37.679 --> 00:46:41.280
power is granted through descoutlibuka. And like it mentioned here,

788
00:46:41.360 --> 00:46:44.239
he's fickle. He can either grant you your wishes or

789
00:46:44.360 --> 00:46:47.320
he can cause you misfortune. And so I guess this

790
00:46:47.360 --> 00:46:49.400
is a test of whether or not you are worthy

791
00:46:49.559 --> 00:46:54.480
of receiving the Scottlipuca's blessings by way of the Yoata Postli,

792
00:46:54.599 --> 00:46:56.400
which I think is really cool. Okay, we're going to

793
00:46:56.440 --> 00:47:12.440
move on to the next source after this break. Welcome back,

794
00:47:12.440 --> 00:47:16.000
col friends. So this next source is from a I'm

795
00:47:16.039 --> 00:47:18.760
not sure if I'm saying this right showgth dot net

796
00:47:18.960 --> 00:47:19.840
shaw gooth.

797
00:47:19.840 --> 00:47:21.960
S h O g g O t h.

798
00:47:22.000 --> 00:47:25.320
Dot net shag Goth maybe like it's a kind of Goth.

799
00:47:25.360 --> 00:47:27.599
I don't know. But they have an entry on you Altisi.

800
00:47:27.760 --> 00:47:29.679
This is published in twenty twenty one. That's really cool

801
00:47:29.760 --> 00:47:33.360
by a Glenn Owen Barras. So they write they're writing,

802
00:47:33.400 --> 00:47:35.360
you hear more about you know a few of the

803
00:47:35.400 --> 00:47:36.920
things that we've covered. But I like the way they

804
00:47:36.920 --> 00:47:39.039
presented the information on this. They do have a quote

805
00:47:39.079 --> 00:47:41.440
here from that one entry that we read from a

806
00:47:41.519 --> 00:47:43.199
note on Ancient American Folklore.

807
00:47:43.280 --> 00:47:44.639
I really like the.

808
00:47:44.519 --> 00:47:47.519
Picture that it has here, this drawing here, It says

809
00:47:47.559 --> 00:47:52.079
this is the drawing by by Sapta Rahita Aita. I

810
00:47:52.159 --> 00:47:55.079
may be pronouncing that correct, but this is just recounting

811
00:47:55.079 --> 00:47:57.559
the legend again. It says you Altip Bostly is an

812
00:47:57.599 --> 00:48:01.840
ancient entity from Mexican folklore known to haunt mountainous regions,

813
00:48:01.920 --> 00:48:06.280
mountainous regions, and desolate places. Its presence is announced by

814
00:48:06.280 --> 00:48:09.159
the singular sound it makes, that of an axe chopping

815
00:48:09.199 --> 00:48:11.719
into wood. It is from this sound its name is

816
00:48:11.760 --> 00:48:15.480
earned Yoa can be translated to night, and the bustly

817
00:48:15.679 --> 00:48:18.000
may be translated to axe or hatchet. It is known

818
00:48:18.000 --> 00:48:22.280
to torment and terrify unwary travelers, mostly at night. So

819
00:48:22.360 --> 00:48:25.280
this is another way that it is encountered. Is some

820
00:48:25.320 --> 00:48:27.000
say that they just hear it in the dead or knight.

821
00:48:27.199 --> 00:48:29.800
This is saying, you know, people traveling through the night,

822
00:48:29.920 --> 00:48:33.119
that it'll come at them. Basically, it's really just by chance.

823
00:48:33.159 --> 00:48:35.239
There's no one way to summon, you know, like they

824
00:48:35.239 --> 00:48:37.519
say with letusas if you go out and whistle, you

825
00:48:37.559 --> 00:48:40.599
can summon one with Laura, if you go out by

826
00:48:40.639 --> 00:48:43.599
a body of water, you can summon her. With the Yatipustli,

827
00:48:43.639 --> 00:48:46.079
they just seem to exist in this setting, and so

828
00:48:46.159 --> 00:48:48.760
running into them is just a chance you take if

829
00:48:48.800 --> 00:48:51.440
you're out there at night. Here again, it reiterates that

830
00:48:51.559 --> 00:48:54.559
link to the Scottlipoca and it says to scattl Liipoka

831
00:48:54.639 --> 00:48:57.039
is the god of the constellation of the Great Bear,

832
00:48:57.199 --> 00:48:59.679
a black magic wizard and the source of the human

833
00:48:59.760 --> 00:49:02.880
SoC rifce practices in Central Mexico. It says this link

834
00:49:02.960 --> 00:49:06.440
is perhaps due to the Altipustly's unique appearance and the

835
00:49:06.440 --> 00:49:10.840
Aztecs practice of removing the human heart during their sacrificial rights.

836
00:49:11.039 --> 00:49:14.119
That could make sense. There's a lot of connection there,

837
00:49:14.159 --> 00:49:16.679
it says. Some folk tell state that rather than fleeing

838
00:49:16.679 --> 00:49:19.639
the yu Altipustli the bravest men or women. Thank you

839
00:49:19.679 --> 00:49:22.280
for saying women. This is the first source that said women,

840
00:49:22.559 --> 00:49:24.679
and I agree, a soul brave enough to clutch the

841
00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:28.159
Uatipustly's beating heart is supposedly given control of it, and

842
00:49:28.280 --> 00:49:31.440
thus they may request boons in return for its freedom.

843
00:49:31.559 --> 00:49:34.840
I also think that's funny. This like really powerful thing

844
00:49:34.960 --> 00:49:37.400
that can grant you wishes is also like, please let

845
00:49:37.440 --> 00:49:38.360
go out my heart, thank you.

846
00:49:39.320 --> 00:49:40.400
This continues.

847
00:49:40.599 --> 00:49:43.400
Magical agaba thorns are said to be offered in exchange

848
00:49:43.400 --> 00:49:46.760
for releasing it. These gifting the owners special powers and

849
00:49:46.880 --> 00:49:49.960
untold riches. The removal of the heart without making a

850
00:49:49.960 --> 00:49:54.400
bargain is said to render the Uautipustly inert, at least temporarily,

851
00:49:54.480 --> 00:49:57.280
which I thought also was interesting. I think I already

852
00:49:57.320 --> 00:49:59.079
spoke about it in one of the previous sources. How

853
00:49:59.239 --> 00:50:01.679
you have the op to run off with its heart,

854
00:50:01.880 --> 00:50:04.920
and that's you your you're kind of gambling right whether

855
00:50:05.000 --> 00:50:08.000
or not you're going to get blessings or misfortune. So

856
00:50:08.159 --> 00:50:10.480
I think I don't know, I just I'm really into

857
00:50:10.519 --> 00:50:12.840
that detail, Like you get to again Britney spears, I

858
00:50:12.880 --> 00:50:13.840
choose my own destiny.

859
00:50:14.000 --> 00:50:14.880
If you all get that.

860
00:50:14.920 --> 00:50:17.960
Please let me know this continues in reality, the Altipustly

861
00:50:18.119 --> 00:50:21.320
is an ancient creation of the Elder Things. I'm assuming

862
00:50:21.360 --> 00:50:24.159
they mean it's it's a creation of the Scalipoka. Right,

863
00:50:24.199 --> 00:50:25.880
we just made that connection to it. It is a

864
00:50:25.960 --> 00:50:30.039
leftover experiment in creating a show goth like automation. Okay,

865
00:50:30.079 --> 00:50:31.559
now I need to know what a show goth is

866
00:50:31.880 --> 00:50:36.400
or a Shagoth. So on wiki. The quick wiki result

867
00:50:36.440 --> 00:50:38.519
that came up says a show Goth or a Shagoth

868
00:50:38.639 --> 00:50:41.800
is a fictional character in the Chithulhu Mythos. The beings

869
00:50:41.800 --> 00:50:46.119
were mentioned in passing an HP Lovecraft's sonnet cycle Fung

870
00:50:46.159 --> 00:50:49.199
Guy from You Goth, and later mentioned in other works

871
00:50:49.239 --> 00:50:52.199
before being described in detail in his novella At the

872
00:50:52.239 --> 00:50:57.239
Mountains of Madness. They are fictional, amorphous cosmic entities, I

873
00:50:57.280 --> 00:50:59.280
could say, I can definitely see the argument for a

874
00:50:59.280 --> 00:51:00.079
connection to that.

875
00:51:00.199 --> 00:51:00.559
Right there.

876
00:51:00.639 --> 00:51:01.960
With that being said, we're going to move on to

877
00:51:02.039 --> 00:51:04.559
our final source here, and this one is from a

878
00:51:04.639 --> 00:51:07.280
Facebook post. It's really quick, but the art here is

879
00:51:07.400 --> 00:51:11.599
so cool. It's depicting the Jua tip postly as more

880
00:51:11.840 --> 00:51:16.360
human than tree but it is like it's all white,

881
00:51:17.239 --> 00:51:21.079
super white pil skin with red vertical stripes going along

882
00:51:21.119 --> 00:51:24.280
its body, and it's naked so you can see genitals

883
00:51:24.480 --> 00:51:27.639
in this photo. But it's showing a warrior reaching into

884
00:51:27.679 --> 00:51:30.360
its chest. I think this depiction is really cool, and

885
00:51:30.400 --> 00:51:33.480
it has thorns in one of its hands, like I guess,

886
00:51:33.559 --> 00:51:36.559
ready to hand them over. This is from an artist

887
00:51:37.000 --> 00:51:41.800
called Guarason Meshika, and I will be posting their depiction

888
00:51:41.880 --> 00:51:44.000
of the Yua tip postly. This is what gave me

889
00:51:44.079 --> 00:51:47.679
the idea of that tattoos because in the Facebook posts

890
00:51:47.719 --> 00:51:52.079
that they have here one it's like several it's the

891
00:51:52.079 --> 00:51:54.840
painting and then there's like close ups on details of it,

892
00:51:54.880 --> 00:51:56.519
and one of them is showing a close up of

893
00:51:56.559 --> 00:51:57.639
the hand in the heart and I.

894
00:51:57.599 --> 00:51:59.079
Was like, oh, that'd be such a cool tattoo.

895
00:51:59.199 --> 00:52:03.039
Yeah, it's a miquaras on Meshika. They have an etsy

896
00:52:03.039 --> 00:52:05.760
It's Miquadas on meshika dot Etsy dot com. I will

897
00:52:05.800 --> 00:52:09.280
tag them when I post the photos as I can,

898
00:52:09.320 --> 00:52:11.280
and I'll put links in the description of the episode

899
00:52:11.320 --> 00:52:13.920
as well, because this painting is so so cool. So

900
00:52:14.039 --> 00:52:16.840
this entry and this is it's also written. This is

901
00:52:16.880 --> 00:52:19.960
from Mikuadas on Meshica's page on Facebook and they wrote

902
00:52:19.960 --> 00:52:22.679
here in October of twenty twenty two, you're at to Bustly.

903
00:52:22.880 --> 00:52:25.920
The night hatchet is a manifestation of the Scotlibuka, the

904
00:52:26.000 --> 00:52:28.559
lord of the whims of fate. He appears as a

905
00:52:28.599 --> 00:52:31.639
headless man whose chest is open in a gaping wound,

906
00:52:31.800 --> 00:52:35.000
revealing his beating heart. The gash in his chest opens

907
00:52:35.000 --> 00:52:38.199
and snaps shut, causing a loud, booming sound, like a

908
00:52:38.199 --> 00:52:42.039
woodman chopping a tree. With this sound, he announces his presence.

909
00:52:42.199 --> 00:52:45.039
When a young warrior who was stout of heart heard

910
00:52:45.119 --> 00:52:48.039
this sound reverberating across the forest at night, he would

911
00:52:48.159 --> 00:52:51.360
race after it. You out de bustly, would flee, leading

912
00:52:51.400 --> 00:52:55.920
the young man, running across ravines, forests, and cliffs until exhausted,

913
00:52:56.039 --> 00:52:58.440
You out that bustly would turn to face him. If

914
00:52:58.440 --> 00:53:00.880
the young man was brave enough, you would reach into

915
00:53:00.920 --> 00:53:03.920
his chest and grab his heart. You out that bustly

916
00:53:04.000 --> 00:53:06.960
would cry out to him, release my heart and struggle

917
00:53:07.039 --> 00:53:10.239
violently against him. He would offer him a thorn, and

918
00:53:10.280 --> 00:53:13.159
then another and another, for as long as the youth

919
00:53:13.239 --> 00:53:15.639
was able to struggle against him with his hand on

920
00:53:15.719 --> 00:53:17.960
his heart. When at last he was thrown off, he

921
00:53:18.000 --> 00:53:20.639
would go home the thorns in his hand and place

922
00:53:20.679 --> 00:53:23.320
them on his altar. For each thorn given to him

923
00:53:23.320 --> 00:53:26.039
by you out the Bustli, he would capture one enemy

924
00:53:26.079 --> 00:53:29.039
in battle, thus securing his destiny as a great warrior

925
00:53:29.079 --> 00:53:32.360
who would grow powerful and wealthy. To the Chiappa Neklos.

926
00:53:32.440 --> 00:53:35.159
In southern Mexico, you out that Bustly is known as

927
00:53:35.159 --> 00:53:37.920
the Wenamigo, the good friend. He is a protector of

928
00:53:37.960 --> 00:53:40.840
the beasts of the forest, in particular of the deer

929
00:53:41.000 --> 00:53:43.920
who sleep in his house, his house being the forest right.

930
00:53:44.199 --> 00:53:46.719
This continues when the pounding of his chest is heard.

931
00:53:46.760 --> 00:53:49.800
It signifies that the Weenamigo you out the Bustly is

932
00:53:49.840 --> 00:53:52.719
present and will protect the animals from the hunters, and

933
00:53:52.800 --> 00:53:55.679
that perhaps no hunting should take place on those days.

934
00:53:55.800 --> 00:53:58.719
His nahwhile or spirit animal, is a white deer which

935
00:53:58.800 --> 00:54:01.800
must not be hunted, or it is Uati Bustli himself.

936
00:54:02.000 --> 00:54:05.719
Youati Busti is often treated like a Native American monster story,

937
00:54:05.760 --> 00:54:08.760
a frightening ghost who inhabits the mountains, but he is

938
00:54:08.800 --> 00:54:11.840
in fact a nature spirit, a mighty god who protects

939
00:54:11.840 --> 00:54:15.639
the mountains from the excessive depredations of men, and who

940
00:54:15.679 --> 00:54:18.519
brings woe upon those who hunt in a manner which

941
00:54:18.559 --> 00:54:22.880
exceeds the honorable harvest, which I think really ties up

942
00:54:23.440 --> 00:54:27.719
the whole point or the whole vibe of our story, right,

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is that this boy, he recognized the Yata Bustli. He

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knew the stories, and he knew that he wasn't just

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some monster that the colonizers were reacting in horror to

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because he knew the truth. He knew that there was

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opportunity to face something that could be fearful, and an

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opportunity in a chance to protect his people. Right now,

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this is a fictional story. We know how colonization went. Hello,

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maybe in an alternate world, in an alternate universe, right,

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the Altip Bustli was able to fend off every battalion.

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Of Gonki sta it is.

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But yeah, wow, this painting, it's so cool. I need

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a print of this or something. Maybe I can buy

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one to put up in our house. And you can

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definitely see a picture of this on the social media

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post for this episode, And those are all the sources

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for today. Welcome back, wel friends, Thank you so much

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for joining me for today's episode. I also forgot earlier

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in the introduction to remind you all that book Club Discussion,

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April's book discussion is happening this Saturday, on May second,

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