![]() ![]() In some mythologies, the Grim Reaper causes the victim’s death by coming to collect him. Mictecacihuatl was represented with a defleshed body and with jaw agape to swallow the stars during the day. Mictecacihuatl is known as the Lady of the Dead, since it is believed that she was born, then sacrificed as an infant. She is said now to preside over the contemporary festival as well. She presided over the ancient festivals of the dead, which evolved from Aztec traditions into the modern Day of the Dead after synthesis with Spanish cultural traditions. Her role is to keep watch over the bones of the dead. In Aztec mythology, Mictecacihuatl is Queen of Mictlan, the underworld, ruling over the afterlife with Mictlantecuhtli, another deity who is designated as her husband. The image of the death is also associated with Exu, lord of the crossroads, who rules the midnight and the cemeteries. In the Brazilian religion Umbanda, the orixá Omolu personifies sickness and death, and also the cure. The rituals connected to and powers ascribed to San La Muerte are very similar to Santa Muerte. Although the Catholic Church in Mexico has attacked the devotion of Saint Death as a tradition that mixes paganism with Christianity and is contrary to the Christian belief of Christ defeating death, many devotees consider the veneration of San La Muerte as being part of their Catholic faith. Saint Death is depicted as a male skeleton figure usually holding a scythe. As the result of internal migration in Argentina since the 1960s the veneration of San La Muerte has been extended to Greater Buenos Aires and the national prison system as well. San La Muerte (Saint Death) is a skeletal folk saint that is venerated in Paraguay, the Northeast of Argentina and southern Brazil. Elements of that celebration include the use of skeletons to remind people of their mortality. Since the pre-Columbian era Mexican culture has maintained a certain reverence towards death, which can be seen in the widespread commemoration of the syncretic Day of the Dead. As a figure made holy by popular belief, the saint of death developed through syncretism between Mesoamerican indigenous and Spanish Catholic beliefs and practices. La Santa Muerte (Saint Death) is a sacred figure and feminine skeletal folk saint venerated primarily in Mexico and the United States in Folk Catholicism. The popular depiction of Death as a skeletal figure carrying a large scythe and clothed in a black cloak with a hood first arose in 14th century England, while the title “the Grim Reaper” is first attested in 1847. As a personified force it has been imagined in many different ways. Death, also known as the Grim Reaper, is a common element in culture and history. ![]()
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