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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  • HexaSnoot [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    8·
    1 个月前

    Why does China often limit or doesn’t supply toilet paper in bathrooms? I’ve been to Taiwan and you had to carry TP everywhere. I asked someone who lived there and they’re like “That’s just the way it is.” That’s not a real answer to me haha because I am a hyper wiper worried about running out of TP and it made me nervous. I want a satisfying answer.

    Also, in the areas I went to, I noticed there weren’t many bathrooms on blocks with lots of resteraunts and food stalls. Why’s that? Not criticizing, just curious.

    • Carl [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      6·
      1 个月前

      I think it’s just one of those random cultural expectations. Maybe a hypothesis could be made of higher city density making maintaining public bathrooms more expensive and therefore less likely to be done but then again Japan is super dense and I don’t remember encountering that problem when I lived there.

    • KuroXppi [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      4·
      1 个月前

      Also, in the areas I went to, I noticed there weren’t many bathrooms on blocks with lots of resteraunts and food stalls. Why’s that? Not criticizing, just curious.

      I believe this is a deliberate hygiene thing, they don’t want public toilets close to kitchens/food prep.