Progress, Yucatan.— What It started as a game following the installation of the statue in the port of Progreso Poseidon, Greek god of the sea and the waters, has unleashed a flood of ironic jokes where they blame him for the effects of the huracán Beryl and confront him with Chaac, equivalent god in Mayan culturesince there are many memes that are already circulating on social networks, even Netflix created one that has generated a lot of reactions.
What is the reason for the Chaac vs. Poseidon confrontation and its relation to Hurricane Beryl?
Specifically, the placement of the statue of Poseidon in the sea of ProgresoYucatan, is what generated a debate, both among residents and visitors, regarding whether a statue of the Mayan god should be placed in its place Chaac.
And on social media they have expressed – some jokingly and others perhaps not so much – that this It unleashed the fury of Chaac, his counterpart, when he saw that his territory had been desecratedand consequently would have caused the fall of a lot of water that has caused floodingdue to the alleged “betrayal” of the residents for having allowed it.
The truth is that since June 1st the Atlantic hurricane season 2024 (ends on November 30) which brings with it various meteorological phenomena that cause continuous torrential rainsfollowing a long period of drought.
But the humorous creativity of Mexicans seems to know no limits and they attribute the floods and extreme weather in Yucatan to the confrontation Chaac vs. Poseidonand they warn that with the passage of time huracán Beryl It would be worse.
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In this context, they have let their imagination fly with memes, comments and phrases alluding to a war between them. Netflixthe giant of streamingwhich in a short time has generated massive reactions.
It is actually a Netflix thread, from which messages from a story emerge, where it pretends to announce a movie or series “Chaac vs Poseidon. Coming soon”, Well, it is the format used when anticipating a new product.
The video game company PlayStation also played with the fictional confrontation between Chaac and Poseidon.