popocatepetl and iztaccihuatl

[magnus hansen]

I have often heard the story of the two volcanoes in Mexico told as a
supposed Nahua legend of the warrior popocatepetl and the princess
iztaccihuatl who couldn't have eachother and wound up turned into mountains.
The story seems much closer to european romantic myth than to a genuine
indigenous tale, although supposedly some Nahua communities do tell the tale
now (I have read a version from Tetelcingo). Does any one know anything
about the origins of this tale?
 - Magnus -
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