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Originally Posted by yorkiefan_  I had to look it up lol |
Ahh. this is interesting. From wiki:
Santa Muerte (
Spanish for
Saint Death), is a female
folk saint venerated primarily in
Mexico and the
United States. A personification of death, she is associated with healing, protection, and safe delivery to the afterlife by her devotees.
[1] Not sanctioned by the Roman Catholic Church, her cult arose from popular Mexican folk belief, a
syncretism between indigenous
Mesoamerican and Spanish Catholic beliefs and practices. Since the
pre-Columbian era Mexican culture has maintained a certain reverence towards death,
[2] which can be seen in the widespread commemoration of the syncretic
Day of the Dead.
[3] Elements of that celebration include the use of skeletons to remind people of their mortality.
[4] The worship is condemned by the Catholic Church in Mexico as invalid, but it is firmly entrenched among Mexico's lower working classes and various elements of society deemed as "outcasts".[5]