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
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)
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
Santa Muerte
…contingent of followers in South America, Canada and Europe. Santa Muerte has two similar male counterparts in Latin America, the skeletal folk saints San La Muerte of Argentina and Paraguay and Rey Pascual of Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico. According to R. Andrew Chesnut, a scholar of Latin American history and…
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.