The legend says that "Cuzán" was a very beautiful Mayan princess who was engaged to Prince Ek Chapat, but fell in love with a red haired warrior named Chalpol.
The tragic story tells us that forbidden love was punished by his father with the death of the warrior.
The cries of the princess made the king take pity on her and pardon the red-haired warrior, but he ordered to turn it into a beetle -mayat- to give it to Cuzán, who adorned it with precious stones and hung it on his chest to fulfill the promise that he had done to the warrior to always carry him close to his heart.
Mayat green beetle baja