Her role is to watch over the bones of the dead and preside over the ancient festivals of the dead. These festivals evolved from Aztec traditions into the modern Day of the Dead after synthesis with Spanish traditions. She now presides over the contemporary festival as well. She is known as the "Lady of the Dead", since it is believed that she was born, then sacrificed as an infant. Mictēcacihuātl was represented with a flayed body and with jaw agape to swallow the stars during the day.[2]
mictēcacihuātl, nahuatl, pronunciation, teː, kaˈsi, waːt, meaning, lady, dead, aztec, mythology, death, deity, consort, mictlāntēcutli, dead, ruler, mictlān, lowest, level, underworld, depicted, codex, borgia, role, watch, over, bones, dead, preside, over, anc. Mictecacihuatl Nahuatl pronunciation mik teː kaˈsi waːt ɬ meaning Lady of the Dead in Aztec mythology is a death deity and consort of Mictlantecutli god of the dead and ruler of Mictlan the lowest level of the underworld 1 Mictecacihuatl as depicted in the Codex Borgia Her role is to watch over the bones of the dead and preside over the ancient festivals of the dead These festivals evolved from Aztec traditions into the modern Day of the Dead after synthesis with Spanish traditions She now presides over the contemporary festival as well She is known as the Lady of the Dead since it is believed that she was born then sacrificed as an infant Mictecacihuatl was represented with a flayed body and with jaw agape to swallow the stars during the day 2 See also editSanta MuerteNotes edit Miller amp Taube 1993 2003 p 113 Fernandez 1992 1996 p 142 References editFernandez Adela 1996 1992 Dioses Prehispanicos de Mexico Prehispanic Gods of Mexico in Spanish Mexico City Panorama Editorial ISBN 968 38 0306 7 OCLC 28801551 Miller Mary Karl Taube 1993 An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya London Thames amp Hudson ISBN 0 500 27928 4 OCLC 59601185 nbsp This article relating to a myth or legend from Mesoamerica is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mictecacihuatl amp oldid 1176043254, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
