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Nuestra Señora de la Santa Muerte (Spanish: [ˈnwestɾa seˈɲoɾa ðe la ˈsanta ˈmweɾte]; Spanish for Our Lady of Holy Death), often shortened to Santa Muerte, is a new religious movement, female deity, folk-Catholic saint, [1] [2] and folk saint in Mexican folk Catholicism and Neopaganism.
Santa Muerte is a recent phenomenon, a modern-day folk saint: the patron saint of death. For twenty years, the veneration of this folk saint has been the fastest-growing religious movement in the West.
Who is Santa Muerte? This beginner's guide explains the facts about La Santa Muerte, the Saint of Death. Discover her story and common practices of her followers.
Conceived on the territory of present-day Mexico, Santa Muerte is merely a “folk saint” who was largely forgotten for centuries. However, within the last two decades, her figure became associated with the world’s fastest growing religion.
Mexico's Santa Muerte or the Saint of Death may not be the gruesome character you think she is. Find out why so many believers pray for her blessing
Despite a reputation as a death cult for criminals and drug traffickers, Santa Muerte has surged in popularity and taken on an increasingly prominent and polemic role in the Day of the Dead...
The folk saint Santa Muerte might seem mysterious, but her devotees embrace a wide variety of everyday practices.
Santa Muerte emerged out of Spanish and Indigenous Mexican ideas about death. The Aztecs had long worshipped a death goddess called Mictecacihuatl. Maya people also had their own death gods that they believed in.
Santa Muerte, often referred to as “Our Lady of the Holy Death,” is a fascinating and complex figure within Mexican folk religion. Revered by millions, Santa Muerte is depicted as a...
Santa Muerte is a saint, as The Collector aptly puts it, for those who've "lost faith that existing institutions will speak to their everyday struggles." This is troubling to the Catholic Church, which has lost ground in Mexico not only to Santa Muerte — who is all but universally known in the country at this point — but to Mexican ...