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Catrinas, one of the most popular figures of the Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico.. There are extensive and varied beliefs in ghosts in Mexican culture.In Mexico, the beliefs of the Maya, Nahua, Purépecha; and other indigenous groups in a supernatural world has survived and evolved, combined with the Catholic beliefs of the Spanish.
Ghosts in Mexican culture; L. La Llorona; M. Claudia Mijangos This page was last edited on 5 August 2019, at 10:39 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Real de Catorce in Sierra de Catorce, San Luis Potosí: a ghost town founded in 1770 and abandoned in 1920; [107] supposedly the town is haunted. According to legend one of the most active ghosts is an ancient miner known as "El Jergas", a benevolent entity who guides miners to new silver veins. [108]
Mexican ghosts (2 C, 3 P) Mexican legends (2 C, 7 P) Mexican outlaws (1 C, 13 P) Mexican mythology (1 C, 10 P) S. Second French intervention in Mexico (4 C, 23 P)
Statue of La Llorona on an island of Xochimilco, Mexico, 2015. La Llorona (Latin American Spanish: [la ʝoˈɾona]; ' the Crying Woman, the Weeping Woman, the Wailer ') is a vengeful ghost in Mexican folklore who is said to roam near bodies of water mourning her children whom she drowned in a jealous rage after discovering her husband was unfaithful to her.
In Costa Rica, this spectre is known by the name of Cegua, [17] a spectre that is characterized by its face--that of a dead horse in a state of decomposition. In this country, La Cegua is a myth that is most common in rural areas, although the figure's actions are generally the same as in the rest of Mexico and Central America (especially her ...
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His name means "crocodile" in Nahuatl. His name is similar to the god Cipactonal. Itztapaltotec, one of the patrons of the trecena and aspect of Xipe-Totec. Cinteotl, god of maize. [4] Patterns of Merchants; (1a) Huehuecoyotl, (1b) Zacatzontli, (2a) Yacatecuhtli, (2b) Tlacotzontli, (3a) Tlazolteotl, (3b) Tonatiuh depicted in the Codex Borgia.