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2. Santa Muerte - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Personifications of death - Wikipedia

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   The rituals connected and powers ascribed to San La Muerte are very similar to those of Santa Muerte; the resemblance between their names, however, is coincidental. In Guatemala, San Pascualito is a skeletal folk saint venerated as "King of the Graveyard." He is depicted as a skeletal figure with a scythe, sometimes wearing a cape and crown.

4. Jesús Malverde - Wikipedia

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   The existence of Malverde is not historically verified. [8]Malverde is said to have been a carpenter, tailor, or railway worker. [1] It was not until his parents died of either hunger or a curable disease, depending on the version of the story, that Jesús Malverde began a life of banditry.

5. Folk saint - Wikipedia

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   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: Capilla de San Pascualito, Olintepeque, Guatemala

6. Mercado de Sonora - Wikipedia

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   Items related to Santa Muerte and others. What makes this market different and famous are the aisles dedicated to medicinal plants, magic and the occult, which are only two located in the back of the large nave. [1] [8] This part of the market attracts customers from most socioeconomic levels, [9] as well as tourists.

7. Veneration of Judas Thaddaeus in Mexico - Wikipedia

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   However, unlike Santa Muerte and Jesús Malverde, veneration of Judas Thaddaeus receives support from the Catholic Church as a manifestation of folk religion in Latin America. [10] The archdiocese celebrates the saint's day, and clarifies that Judas Thaddaeus is not a saint for delinquency or drug trafficking, nor related in any way to Santa ...