I'm a white FL Man but I speak Spanish fluently and this story makes me want to find the original accounts in Español. Some things just don't translate, "lost in translation" is definitely a real thing. Of course I'd be translating in my head too. Sometimes translations are great and often they're pura mierda. When I was 19 (nearly 30 years ago) I went to Belize and took a tour with a guide up the river. We went a couple hours in the jungle and got out for a tour of Mayan ruins. We saw several pyramids and some other ancient stone buildings. There were also tablets with their calendar and old pottery in a building just for the clay stuff. It was fascinating to see the ruins and the guide also showed us a lot of animals and plants and trees that we would never have noticed. Like little bats that apparently only eat little fish on the side of a palm tree in a cluster of palms. They were nearly invisible because of their camouflage. I also got to climb up to the top of one pyramid, far above the jungle canopy. I could see for miles, it's very flat in that area. So I definitely recommend a trip to see Mayan and other old stuff in Central America. I lived in Costa Rica for 9 years but they don't have big ancient megalithic structures.
@AndyOpreshyn very interesting. I once learned that the Maya creation story was similar to that of the Jews, where, after several attempts at making humans, the gods decided to make us out of mud. It's interesting to hear a different origin story. And he's right! Everything in our planet is made out of star dust, so we all come from the stars.
Love your content but was confused by today’s video repeating itself several times? His marrying a Mayan wife didn’t need to be restated, for example. I hope this is helpful because I love the channel!
Am I the only one who identified the guy on the litter in the tumultuous plaza as Atahualpa? Because it was when the Spanish imprisoned him in order to steal his gold, and when the ransom was delivered -for the second time- they tortured and killed him for the sake of it.
@charlynegezze8536 yup. That's why I said it. This channel always uses the wrong images. They may be making a video about Europe, and they may use images filled with, say, aliens. A more recent video of theirs mentions Dr. Karl Koller, an ophthalmologist, and they used a picture of Sigmund Freud. Sometimes, I wonder if they think we're stupid, don't know any better, and won't catch their glaring mistakes.
Yes and no. No: the Mayan civilization had existed for hundreds of years and maintained massive, advanced cities leading up to and through this encounter. Yes: after the vanishing of the last great Mayan civilization united in trade, its political and cultural renewal evolved as a collection of (generally not large) independent city states that competed with each other incessantly. There was fierce opposition to Spanish encroachment but the divided and politically diminished city states ultimately all fell.
The story elaborated a romantic story of sexual attraction among biological clashes in fighting for habitat - Guerrero’s love and loyalty to his wife and her tribe isn’t a betrayal to his native kingdom where he was just a subject.
Awesome. I hope i say this word correctly, Poche. My family says it means we aren't like most mestizos today, we're all native though we know how to deal with others. For example, im 30% native and 20% Spanish so im into culture more than bustling modern cities. That stuff is just gay to me lol; in contrast Guerrero's life was beautiful, a true santo. I've always wanted an Indian wife and I've never heard this before. He had a heart as my own, gracias senor Nutty
@Infinitebrandon dude! People stopped using the word "gay" that way. It's offensive. Imagine people using the word "Poche" the way you use the word "gay." "That BS is sooooo Poche." It's wrong to use someone's identity as an adjective meaning something bad.
If I ever get down your way from up here in New Mexico U.S. I'll bring you some true authentic enchiladas and some Great Northern unless you prefer something stronger... Cheers Mate!
@meadowbrown9634 Christmas morning in Melbourne but I will join you in state of inebriation soon. All restaurants are closed today so no Christmas enchiladas for me.
I'm a white FL Man but I speak Spanish fluently and this story makes me want to find the original accounts in Español. Some things just don't translate, "lost in translation" is definitely a real thing. Of course I'd be translating in my head too. Sometimes translations are great and often they're pura mierda.
When I was 19 (nearly 30 years ago) I went to Belize and took a tour with a guide up the river. We went a couple hours in the jungle and got out for a tour of Mayan ruins. We saw several pyramids and some other ancient stone buildings. There were also tablets with their calendar and old pottery in a building just for the clay stuff. It was fascinating to see the ruins and the guide also showed us a lot of animals and plants and trees that we would never have noticed. Like little bats that apparently only eat little fish on the side of a palm tree in a cluster of palms. They were nearly invisible because of their camouflage. I also got to climb up to the top of one pyramid, far above the jungle canopy. I could see for miles, it's very flat in that area.
So I definitely recommend a trip to see Mayan and other old stuff in Central America. I lived in Costa Rica for 9 years but they don't have big ancient megalithic structures.
@@comfortablynumb9342
Read Bernal Diaz’ account, one of the most reliable
Great vid. 👍
NEW SUB...I LOVED THIS....I LIVED IN QUINTANA ROO. I ASKED A MAYA ELDER WHERE HIS ANCESTORS CAME FROM . HE SAID, " tHEY CAME FROM THE STARS".
@AndyOpreshyn very interesting. I once learned that the Maya creation story was similar to that of the Jews, where, after several attempts at making humans, the gods decided to make us out of mud. It's interesting to hear a different origin story. And he's right! Everything in our planet is made out of star dust, so we all come from the stars.
Love your content but was confused by today’s video repeating itself several times? His marrying a Mayan wife didn’t need to be restated, for example. I hope this is helpful because I love the channel!
@@MrEmeraldDragon13 mestizo! mestizo! Ayaaae!
Am I the only one who identified the guy on the litter in the tumultuous plaza as Atahualpa? Because it was when the Spanish imprisoned him in order to steal his gold, and when the ransom was delivered -for the second time- they tortured and killed him for the sake of it.
Atahualpa was the Incan king. Also, it surprised me that there wasnomention of La Malinche.
@charlynegezze8536 yup. That's why I said it. This channel always uses the wrong images. They may be making a video about Europe, and they may use images filled with, say, aliens. A more recent video of theirs mentions Dr. Karl Koller, an ophthalmologist, and they used a picture of Sigmund Freud. Sometimes, I wonder if they think we're stupid, don't know any better, and won't catch their glaring mistakes.
Weren't the Maya pretty much already a spent force by the time the Spanish arrived? They were basically the UK of the new world.
I don't know about the Maya, but the Inca kind of were since the Spanish arrived during a civil war.
The UK of thr new world.... 🤣🤣🤣
Yes and no.
No: the Mayan civilization had existed for hundreds of years and maintained massive, advanced cities leading up to and through this encounter.
Yes: after the vanishing of the last great Mayan civilization united in trade, its political and cultural renewal evolved as a collection of (generally not large) independent city states that competed with each other incessantly. There was fierce opposition to Spanish encroachment but the divided and politically diminished city states ultimately all fell.
@MrEmeraldDragon13 so, really they were the Italy of the New World?
I would go with Greece, but okay.
The last Mayan kingdom, Nojpeten, fell in 1697.
This is fascinating. I wonder how the Mayans decided who to sacrifice and who to keep.
Didn't know about Mayan encounters great stuff
The story elaborated a romantic story of sexual attraction among biological clashes in fighting for habitat - Guerrero’s love and loyalty to his wife and her tribe isn’t a betrayal to his native kingdom where he was just a subject.
Awesome. I hope i say this word correctly, Poche. My family says it means we aren't like most mestizos today, we're all native though we know how to deal with others. For example, im 30% native and 20% Spanish so im into culture more than bustling modern cities.
That stuff is just gay to me lol; in contrast Guerrero's life was beautiful, a true santo. I've always wanted an Indian wife and I've never heard this before. He had a heart as my own, gracias senor Nutty
@Infinitebrandon dude! People stopped using the word "gay" that way. It's offensive. Imagine people using the word "Poche" the way you use the word "gay." "That BS is sooooo Poche." It's wrong to use someone's identity as an adjective meaning something bad.
@@PhoenixBeI 😂😂😂 Pochos Here I present to you both as prime examples of Pochos #1 and Pochos#2 😂😂😂
As an alcoholic Australian, i don't understand but i am craving some enchiladas.
If I ever get down your way from up here in New Mexico U.S. I'll bring you some true authentic enchiladas and some Great Northern unless you prefer something stronger... Cheers Mate!
I'm sure they will sooth that scoriatic liver 😂😂
Enchiladas are awsome! I'm drunk in texas
@meadowbrown9634 Christmas morning in Melbourne but I will join you in state of inebriation soon. All restaurants are closed today so no Christmas enchiladas for me.
I wanna hear the Spanish vs. Calusa!
Can you do one on the Szekelys of Romania, they're said to be descendants of Attila the Hun, and Dracula's servants.
Reminds me of a certain Viking who shares a name with a caramel centered candy.
Werthers
😂😂
Hardråde is my favorite candy.
So sad to what they have done to these native people. But it continues even today on modern terms.
you dont starve in 13 days
You purposely left out the long days, long weeklong torture before death and sacrifice. Shame on you.
The mayans were 600 years before the conquistadors
Mayans similar to cruel Aztecs on some respects. First I have heard this.
Damn...
“Not dog lovers”
First?
Sounds like white saviour story
Mayans one of the 10 lost tribes of Israel.
.....3rd
You keep repeating yourself over and over.
You want stories from humanity's past? I dare you to use the history from the Oahspe, from the far distant past.
I expect you will not, as you may lose subscribers, which is the only reason you are here, most likely.
What is the Oahspe may I ask brother?
@@suatchaglan7446 A book written in 1881. Claims to be the real history of Earth, as told by the Angels of Heaven. The Book is Channelled.
@allon33 just checked Wikipedia. That s**t is CRAZY! I, too, would love to see a video about that.
@@PhoenixBeI I read the book twice, it is very hard to read. It may take a year to read it completely. 🙂
My Spanish ancestors never mixed their blood. That's why we are all still here, centuries later.
@@williampartridge4595 they did tho
By Spanish what do u mean ? Do u mean Spanish as in Spaniard 🇪🇸 ? Or Spanish as in South American Spanish ? Just curious
@@williampartridge4595 Just like there’s still plenty of non mixed natives in Mexico today.
Castilian Spanish or Andalusian?
This litter my kept repeating its self gerrero ima leader hear I’m merrier with child canta bonding my ppl