Iznatl

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...Centuries ago the Ten'zutl tribe venereted the spirits of the forest, a large pantheon of big and small gods and demigods. Iznatl was the spirit who protected the young plants and blossoms, related to young age and its powerful energies, its mortal avatar was close to a young deer. Forest's fruits were common offerts to Iznatl and in Spring young members of the tribe celebrated the ritual birth of the deer with holy dances around the trees with more fruits, when the ritual was over, the youngest member of the group provided to bury a statuette of Iznatl under the roots of the tree as luckycharm for the next season...still nowadays in the forest of XXXXXXX is quite easy to find, underground  andclose to the roots of ancient trees, dozens of this stone ritual statuettes...