The following legends were committed to writing shortly after the Spanish Conquest.
The Zapotecs are the original inhabitants of the Valley of Oaxaca. They were born from rocks or were descendents of such animals as pumas and ocelots.
An interesting side not: I have Zapotec blood and German blood, among others, and my last name is German for panther.
The Zapotecs settled north of the Valley of Oaxaca before the founding of the Toltec Empire. The Zapotecs came from Chicomostoc, or Seven Caves, legendary home of the Nahau tribes.