在玛雅人的传说里，库库尔坎是一位浑身覆盖着翠绿斑斓羽毛的神明，很久以前从远方来到玛雅的土地。那时候玛雅人还过着刀耕火种的日子，庄稼全靠天吃饭，不知道该什么时候播种、什么时候收割，遇到旱涝灾年，常常颗粒无收，日子过得十分艰难。

In Maya legend, Kukulkan is a deity covered in shimmering emerald feathers who came from a distant land to the Maya territory long ago. At that time, the Maya still practiced slash-and-burn farming, their crops entirely at the mercy of the weather. They had no way of knowing when to plant or when to harvest, and in years of drought or flood, they often ended up with nothing to show for their labor.

库库尔坎看到人们的困境，决定留下来教导他们。他教人们观测天象、制定历法、开凿沟渠、建造宏伟的石阶金字塔，让玛雅人的日子渐渐好了起来。可他知道，自己不能永远留在人间，还要去别的地方传授智慧。

Seeing the people's hardship, Kukulkan decided to stay and teach them. He taught them to observe the skies, create calendars, dig irrigation channels, and build magnificent stone pyramids, gradually improving the lives of the Maya people. But he knew he could not stay on earth forever — he still had wisdom to share elsewhere.

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