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Devotees praying to Santa Muerte in Mexico. Santa Muerte can be translated into English as either "Saint Death" or "Holy Death", although R. Andrew Chesnut, Ph.D. in Latin American history and professor of Religious studies, believes that the former is a more accurate translation because it "better reveals" her identity as a folk saint.
San La Muerte (Saint Death) is a skeletal folk saint that is venerated in Paraguay, Argentina (mainly in the province of Corrientes but also in Misiones, Chaco and Formosa) and southern Brazil (specifically in the states of Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul).
La Santa Muerte (Saint Death), or the personification of death, is currently worshiped by many in Mexico and other countries in Central America. Day of the Dead (2 November) is a celebration for the dead.
Santa Muerte has references in Mexican culture since Spanish colonial times as the colonizers' Catholicism mixed with belief in the death deities of the native Aztec and Mayan cultures, according ...
Mexican female deity and personification of death San La Muerte Paraguay Argentina: restore love, good fortune, gambling, protection against witchcraft, protection against imprisonment, inmates, prisoners, luck, good health, vengeance Skeletal folk saint; male version of Santa Muerte San Pascualito (known as San Pascualito Muerte) Guatemala Mexico
2 Ohio officers charged with reckless homicide in death of man in custody after crash arrest; Trump will rally backers every day until the election in North Carolina, a swing state he won twice; A leader of Mexican folk saint cult 'La Santa Muerte' is killed at an altar to the skeletal figure
San La Muerte (Saint Death) is a skeletal folk saint venerated in Paraguay, northeast Argentina. As the result of internal migration in Argentina since the 1960s, the veneration of San La Muerte has been extended to Greater Buenos Aires and the national prison system as well. Saint Death is depicted as a male skeleton figure usually holding a ...
In the case of Santa Muerte, some followers are known to commit human sacrifice on behalf of drug cartels. [2] [3] The Drug Enforcement Administration says that narco-saints embolden drug cartels, and make them more dangerous, particularly because drug traffickers are "not afraid of death" if they worship them. [4]