Mictecacihuatl
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Mictecacihuatl is the Aztec goddess of death and the underworld, often associated with funerary rites and later linked to modern Day of the Dead traditions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mictecacihuatl canonical | 2 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aztec goddess
ⓘ
death deity ⓘ underworld deity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Day of the Dead
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mexican Day of the Dead traditions ⓘ afterlife beliefs ⓘ burial practices ⓘ death rituals ⓘ funerary rites ⓘ skeleton imagery ⓘ skulls ⓘ |
| category |
Aztec goddesses
ⓘ
Mesoamerican deities of death ⓘ underworld goddesses ⓘ |
| civilization | Mexica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cosmologicalLevel | underworld realm ⓘ |
| culture | Aztec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain |
death
ⓘ
underworld ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern Day of the Dead goddess figures
ⓘ
modern Mexican death iconography ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linkedTo | syncretic Catholic-indigenous death traditions ⓘ |
| mythology | Aztec mythology ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Lady of Mictlan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pairedWith | Mictlantecuhtli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Central Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Aztec religion ⓘ |
| role |
guardian of the bones of the dead
ⓘ
ruler of the underworld ⓘ |
| rulesOver | Mictlan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Mictlantecuhtli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbol |
bones
ⓘ
skeletal jaw ⓘ skull mask ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Postclassic Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Lady of the Dead
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Queen of Mictlan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfDeity | chthonic deity ⓘ |
| worshipContext |
funerary ceremonies
ⓘ
rituals for the dead ⓘ |
| worshippedBy | Aztecs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.