In Aztec culture, Mayahuel became the goddess of the maguey plant and that of fertility. She is also known as “the goddess of the 400 breasts,” which could be a reference to the many sprouts of maguey and the milky juice produced by the plant that is transformed into pulque and mezcal.

Legend has it that Mayáhuel, a beautiful, young Aztec goddess, ran away to marry Quetzalcóatl, god of redemption. Both turned into branches of a tree in order to hide from goddess's terrible grandmother, Tzintzimitl.