More Muerte...
Mentioned the cult of Santa Muerte (Saint Death) ( old post with links) in a comment and ended up finding this when looking for links:
A trailer for a documentary on La Santa Muerte (considering ordering it).
"Eventually i ran into the true story, as least as scholars of Mexican culture present it these days: La Santisima Muerte is a "banned saint," the Roman Catholic 'cover' for an ancient Aztec goddess named Mictecacihuatl, a death goddess and co-ruler, with her husband, of the underworld. Mictecacihuatl, the wife of the Aztec death god Mictlantecuhtli, is the sister to the Aztec heavenly goddess Tonantzin, who has been syncretized with the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Guadalupe. That's why Mictecacihuatl became 'Most Holy Death, The Virgin Mary as a Skeleton.'"
-bit of an explanation from Lucky Mojo.
A music video.
Also in the news back in late March Mexico begun a campaign destroying a number of public shrines to Santa Muerte due the association with drug traffickers (another recent story)
Hrm.
A trailer for a documentary on La Santa Muerte (considering ordering it).
"Eventually i ran into the true story, as least as scholars of Mexican culture present it these days: La Santisima Muerte is a "banned saint," the Roman Catholic 'cover' for an ancient Aztec goddess named Mictecacihuatl, a death goddess and co-ruler, with her husband, of the underworld. Mictecacihuatl, the wife of the Aztec death god Mictlantecuhtli, is the sister to the Aztec heavenly goddess Tonantzin, who has been syncretized with the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Guadalupe. That's why Mictecacihuatl became 'Most Holy Death, The Virgin Mary as a Skeleton.'"
Click to view-bit of an explanation from Lucky Mojo.
A music video.
Also in the news back in late March Mexico begun a campaign destroying a number of public shrines to Santa Muerte due the association with drug traffickers (another recent story)
Hrm.