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Mictecacihuatl, Lady of the Dead, is the link between the living and the deceased. She holds our teyollia, the spirit of our personality and our creativity, and purifies it so it can return to the Earth in the shape of a new being. Also called Mictlancihuatl, she is the ruler of the land of the dead. She is honored on Dia de Muertos, and is a manifestation of La Santa Muerte. A work of nahua (or Aztec) tradition.

Mictecacihuatl is the female deity associated with death in many of Mexico's indigenous cultures. In addition to welcoming us into the afterlife, she is the protector of some and the source of countless legends related to the underworld. Learn about her history, her powers, and the fate of those who encounter the powerful lady of Mictlán.

Known as the lady of the dead, the lady who cuts the umbilical cord, or simply the lady of death, Mictecacihuatl is the goddess who rules the other world and to whom some will have to answer sooner or later.

Together with her husband, the lord of death Mictlantecuhtli, Mictecacihuatl welcomes souls who died naturally to Mictlán, to watch over their bones and watch over their sleep for all eternity.

Furthermore, her power extends throughout the land of the dead and even into the world of the living, as she is capable of sending blessings, curses, and messages from her dimension in the afterlife. Of the two rulers of the underworld, Mictecacihuatl seems to be the more flexible of the two deities, as she is the one who gives the deceased permission to return from Mictlán, a gesture that does not go unnoticed on the earthly plane, as the celebration of the dead in pre-Hispanic cultures was an honor to this goddess.

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[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

You're talking to the robbery expert

Step into your wake with your blood on my shirt

Umm, I question your robbery expertise Mr Smalls

[–] spudnik@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I always took it to mean that he's so scary that everyone knows he did it but no one can touch him, even if he shows up at the wake covered in blood. Whether or not that really speaks to any expertise in robbery (as opposed to being extremely violent and scary) is another thing I guess

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah that's the obvious implication, I just thought it was funny because the bars are directly after the other and you'd figure getting rid of evidence, and other aspects of getting away with the crime would fall under 'robbery expertise' so stepping into your victim's wake with their blood on your shirt seems counter intuitive but maybe its a hide in plain site thing, or that he's an expert at everything up until the point he gets the loot then he's a noob at everything that comes after lol

[–] spudnik@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago

expert at everything up until the point he gets the loot then he's a noob at everything that comes after lol

Step 1 and only: just kill everybody, making all other plans irrelevant