Mexico
Juárez, Benito Pablo
Juárez was born to a poor Zapotec family in San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca state, and was orphaned when he was three. He and his two sisters lived first with their grandparents and then with an... [more]
Maximo and Bartola
Brother and sister “Maximo” and “Bartola” (their real names are unknown) were probably born in the early 1840s in Mexico, to Innocento Burgos a... [more]
Mo Keen, Loki
Mo Keen was a Mexican captured by the Kiowa people as a small boy. He grew up as a Kiowa, and his status as a captive made him important in their religious rites: his performance of the rit... [more]
Quetzalcoatl
Quetzalcoatl's mother died in childbirth, but he was born with speech, reason and wisdom (compare: Michabo ). Some sources say his father was murdered when he was a child, and he revenged ... [more]
