La fundación de Tuxta: una leyenda chontal

Resumen

In this etiological tale in the Chontal language of Tabasco the informant relates how originally the town of Tuxta was not where it is today. Children were stolen from the villagers by the Spanish conquerors in those times. The evil spirit of the place was a woman called Bolom. The people prayed a novena, the woman disappeared, the kidnapping of children ceased and the town of Tuxta was moved to its present site.