{"id":14963,"date":"2023-04-03T22:26:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T03:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:museodelchocolate.com.co\/?p=14963"},"modified":"2024-12-13T14:24:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T19:24:39","slug":"dios-olmeca-del-cacao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museodelchocolate.com.co\/en\/dios-olmeca-del-cacao\/","title":{"rendered":"Dios Olmeca del Cacao"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Los Olmecas y el cacao<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Los primeros en cultivar el \u00e1rbol del cacao fueron los Olmecas. El chocolate era un regalo de los dioses que s\u00f3lo pod\u00eda ser consumido por personas de \u00e9lite. La palabra \u201ccacao\u201d deriva del Olmeca y del lenguaje maya \u201ckakaw\u201d; el t\u00e9rmino relacionado con el chocolate \u201ccacahuatl\u201d es n\u00e1huatl. Aunque en la actualidad el origen del cacao sigue siendo una inc\u00f3gnita, la mitolog\u00eda prehisp\u00e1nica de M\u00e9xico vincula a dos dioses: Quetzalc\u00f3atl, representado como \u201cSerpiente emplumada\u201d (de origen Azteca) y Ek-Chuah, \u201cDios del cacao, de la guerra y benefactor de los mercaderes\u201d (de origen Maya).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/maxcacao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1-2048x1365-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museodelchocolate.com.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/museodelchocolate.com.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1-2048x1365-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/museodelchocolate.com.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1-2048x1365-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museodelchocolate.com.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1-2048x1365-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museodelchocolate.com.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1-2048x1365-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Cuenta la leyenda que Quetzalc\u00f3atl regal\u00f3 el \u00e1rbol del cacao a los hombres como recompensa al amor y la fidelidad de su esposa, quien prefiri\u00f3 sacrificar su vida antes de relevar el lugar en el que estaba escondido el tesoro de la ciudad. Al morir la princesa, su sangre fertiliz\u00f3 la tierra para dar vida al \u00e1rbol del cacao, en ese entonces nombrado cacahuaquahitl. El sabor del fruto era amargo, caracter\u00edstica que los ancestros relacionaban con el sufrimiento que hab\u00eda padecido la princesa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Los Olmecas mol\u00edan las habas de cacao mezcladas con agua y saboreaban la delicia de la semilla en forma de bebida. Con el paso del tiempo, la cultura del cacao se extendi\u00f3 a las poblaciones Mayas y Aztecas. En ese entonces el haba de cacao era utilizada como unidad monetaria y de medida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">En tiempo de guerra, las culturas Azteca, Maya y Chimimeca utilizaban el cacao como impuesto en las zonas conquistadas. Para estas civilizaciones, el cacao era un s\u00edmbolo de abundancia que se empleaba al momento de rituales religiosos dedicados a Quetzalc\u00f3atl y a otras divinidades. Pero no fue sino hasta 1519 que el \u201coro moreno\u201d cautiv\u00f3 el paladar de Hern\u00e1n Cort\u00e9s, quien despu\u00e9s de haberlo saboreado al lado del emperador azteca Moctezuma, a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s lo llevar\u00eda a la Corte de Espa\u00f1a.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fuente: Planet of Aztecz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><sub>BIBLIOGRAFIA <\/sub><\/strong> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Olmecas y el cacao Los primeros en cultivar el \u00e1rbol del cacao fueron los Olmecas. El chocolate era un regalo de los dioses que s\u00f3lo pod\u00eda ser consumido por personas de \u00e9lite. La palabra \u201ccacao\u201d deriva del Olmeca y del lenguaje maya \u201ckakaw\u201d; el t\u00e9rmino relacionado con el chocolate \u201ccacahuatl\u201d es n\u00e1huatl. 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