Mictecacihuatl

By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the November 2013 Edition (pronounced ‘Meek-teka-see-wahdl’or ‘Meek-teka-kee-wadl’) This Aztec Goddess is known as “the Lady of the Dead” or the Queen of “Mictlan”. She was the caretaker of the bones of the dead. The holiday to celebrate the Goddess by the pre-Hispanic peoples of the land now known as Mexico, lasted […]

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