Santa Muerte — Holy Death
Santa Muerte (Holy Death or Saint Death) is a female folk saint and personification of death venerated primarily in Mexico and the US Southwest, with an estimated 12 million followers worldwide. She is depicted as a female skeleton wearing a long robe and carrying a scythe and a globe. Her origins blend pre-Columbian death deities such as the Aztec goddess Mictecacihuatl (Lady of the Dead) with the Spanish Grim Reaper (la Parca). Devotees pray to Santa Muerte for protection, healing, financial prosperity, love, and safe passage to the afterlife. Her statues are dressed in different colored rob