{ "name": "Santa Muerte (Santa Morte) - Resin 20cm" }

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Ritual image with seeds and plants at its base (see secondary image available) for protection and prosperity!

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Santa Muerte (Santa Morte) - Resin 20cm

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Ritually Blessed with seeds and plants at its base (see secondary image available) for protection and prosperity!

Santa Muerte (in Portuguese: Santa Morte) is a sacred figure venerated in Mexico, likely a syncretism between Catholic and Mesoamerican beliefs. Mexican culture has maintained a certain reverence for death since pre-Columbian times, manifested in syncretic celebrations like the Day of the Dead. Among the elements of the celebration are the use of skeletons to remind people of their mortality, which are often adorned with rosaries and other Catholic symbols.

Santa Muerte typically appears as a skeletal figure dressed in a long cloak (a skeleton under a cloak) and carrying one or more objects, usually a scythe and a globe. The cloak is usually white, but representations of the figure vary significantly from person to person according to the devotee's request or the ritual being performed. As the cult of Santa Muerte was clandestine until recently, most prayers and other rituals were done privately at home. However, in the last ten years, veneration has become more public, especially in Mexico City. The Catholic Church in the country condemns the cult, but it is firmly embedded in the traditions of Mexico's lower and marginalized classes. The number of Santa Muerte followers has grown over the past twenty years to approximately two million, and it has crossed borders, reaching Mexican communities in the United States.

Santa Muerte is generally dressed as the angel of death, carrying a scythe and a scale (which may remind one of Saint Michael). She can also be dressed in a red cloak and a golden crown; in this form, she is seen as a variation of the Virgin Mary.

Statues of Santa Muerte are made in red, white, green, and black for love, luck, financial success, and protection. Offerings to Santa Muerte include roses, marijuana, cigarettes, fruits, sweets, and tequila. Shrines dedicated to Santa Muerte are adorned with red roses, cigarettes, and bottles of tequila, and candles burn in worship. Throughout Mexico and parts of the United States (especially in Mexican immigrant communities), items such as letters, medals, and candles related to the saint are sold.

Patroness: Illegal traders, prisoners, the poor, drug traffickers.

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