San La Muerte
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San La Muerte is a skeletal folk saint that is venerated in Paraguay, Argentina and southern Brazil. As a result of internal migration in Argentina since the 1960s, the veneration of San La Muerte has
Figures of Gauchito Gil (left) San La Muerte (right) two popular Saints on display in Argentina.
Argentine altar to San La Muerte.
Statue of San La Muerte in central Argentina with alcohol offerings in the background.
Cigarette and cell phone offerings to San La Muerte in central Argentina.
Santa Muerte
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Nuestra Señora de la Santa Muerte, often shortened to Santa Muerte, is a new religious movement, female deity, folk-Catholic saint, and folk saint in Mexican folk Catholicism and neo-paganism. A perso
San La Muerte
…Although the rituals connected to and powers ascribed to San La Muerte are very similar, San La Muerte should not be confused with the similar folk saint Santa Muerte that is venerated in Mexico and parts of the US, and is depicted as a female skeleton figure. San La Muerte is one of many folk saints venerated in the…
Illustration of Santa Muerte
Devotees praying to Santa Muerte in Mexico
Mictēcacihuātl (or Mictlancihuatl), the skeletal Aztec goddess of death
One of José Guadalupe Posada's Catrina engravings (1910–1913)