Sac-Nicté was the orphaned granddaughter of the town healer of Zací, raised beside the cenote where her grandmother lived. Her name means “white flower” in Maya. Sweet and very beautiful, she fell in love with Hul-Kin, the son of the cacique — a love that was impossible because her family was under the protection of the Cocomes, rivals of the Cupules.

When she learned that Hul-Kin would marry a southern princess, Sac-Nicté — who was expecting his child — tied a stone to her long hair and threw herself into the waters of the cenote the night before the wedding.