So, I went to the grocery store and was thinking of picking up a votive candle (which I did, 'Sacred Heart of Jesus') however, they had these as well:
Votive candles for La Santa Muerte, or Saint Death. While the worship of her is popularly associated with drug cartels, its moving far beyond that now to where I can get paraphernalia for her at Kroger.
There are plenty of "folk saint" characters, like Jesus Malverde, but Santa Muerte is different in the mass popularity she is achieving, and as a personal note of interest for me, the way she seems to likely be an evolution of the Aztec goddess Mictecacihuatl into the modern era (obviously the origins of Santa Muerte, so this is only speculation on scholar's part, but it seems to makes sense to me with the continuation of the same imagery). That the goddess has been synchronized with the Catholic beliefs of the area is inevitable for survival on a mass scale.
Anyways, I'm curious what everyone's thoughts on her are. As I told Nightingale when I saw it, if Santa Muerte is a continuation of an Aztec goddess, now that she is in grocery stores in my hometown, she's back in the big leagues lol.
Votive candles for La Santa Muerte, or Saint Death. While the worship of her is popularly associated with drug cartels, its moving far beyond that now to where I can get paraphernalia for her at Kroger.
There are plenty of "folk saint" characters, like Jesus Malverde, but Santa Muerte is different in the mass popularity she is achieving, and as a personal note of interest for me, the way she seems to likely be an evolution of the Aztec goddess Mictecacihuatl into the modern era (obviously the origins of Santa Muerte, so this is only speculation on scholar's part, but it seems to makes sense to me with the continuation of the same imagery). That the goddess has been synchronized with the Catholic beliefs of the area is inevitable for survival on a mass scale.
Anyways, I'm curious what everyone's thoughts on her are. As I told Nightingale when I saw it, if Santa Muerte is a continuation of an Aztec goddess, now that she is in grocery stores in my hometown, she's back in the big leagues lol.
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