She presided over the ancient festivals of the dead, which evolved from Aztec traditions into the modern Day of the Dead after synthesis with Spanish cultural traditions. Mictecacihuatl was represented with a fleshless body and with jaw agape to swallow the stars during the day. Other epithets for her include "Lady of the Dead," as her role includes keeping watch over the bones of the dead. In Aztec mythology, Mictecacihuatl is the " Queen of Mictlan" (the Aztec underworld), ruling over the afterlife with her husband Mictlantecuhtli. As such, it is common in Spanish-speaking cultures to personify death as a female figure. 3.6.1 Elisabeth Viennese musical (1992)Īs is the case in many Romance languages (including French, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian), the Spanish word for death, muerte, is a feminine noun.3.4.3 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988).3.2.5 Death ( Incarnations of Immortality).3.2.1 death ( Death with Interruptions or Death at Intervals).
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