The Legends Of Puebla: stories told by Generations

The city of Puebla de los ANGELES, Mexico, like all civilizations, witnessed important events. That's how you weave some of the best known legends dating from its foundation in the Spanish colonial times. Some talk of ghosts, others devouring people aberrant characters, other characters that became important because of their performance through the history of the city. Strange story that through the years became known by word of mouth and from generation to generation. One of those legends that the old streets of Analco, a neighborhood located in the downtown, at the time of the colony was seen wandering the shadow of a man late at night in a dark alley, called Yllescas. What happened there one night will give us an idea of ​​why a lost soul wandered restless ... It happens that beyond 1875, Mrs. Juliana Dominguez, wife of Don Anastacio Priego, owners of "Meson del Priego?, began with the labor and had to go by Mrs. Simonita, the midwife would help the arrival of the new family member.

It was a rainy night, but Don Anastasio without thinking, picked up his coat and hat, giving orders to prepare the necessary easement for the birth, left alone, despite the offer of his assistants with him, knowing that the morning was conducive to assaults, and so went to the neighborhood Analco. He walked through the darkness of the street lighting the way with an oil lamp, when suddenly, in an alley in front of him stood a man who immediately drew his sword and put in your abdomen and demanded gold threatening, or would change his life. Don Anastasio, skilled swordsman responded immediately, jumping and drawing at the same time, so that when the robber noticed, had already plunged his sword into his chest, falling dead immediately. Haste, Don Anastasio ran to Mrs. Simonita lived in a few minutes left for the house to meet Doña Juliana, taking another route to avoid passing by where he had the altercation. Shortly thereafter, received two beautiful twins. At the end of work, Don Anastasio took her back to his house to the midwife and, passing by the place where they tried to assault him, they saw a crowd of onlookers surrounding the body and prayed for the soul of that unhappy.

From that day, people began calling the former Yllescas Alley located at 12 South Street, between the streets of the East 3 and 5 "The Alley of the Dead? raised by the event there as well that anyone who spent the night there, he saw the assailant dead grieving, why, a local resident sent to Masses for the repose of that soul. I invite you to see the end of this and some other legends of Puebla at the following site: http://www.masconpuebla.com/Leyendas.html