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Aztec death goddess Coatlicue at the National museum of anthropology in Mexico City
I'm focusing on death imagery here
Mexica imagery
Sacrificial skulls
Aztec death goddess Coatlicue
Coatlicue and Mictecacihuatl are two of the major Aztec death goddess who some devotees believe became Santa Muerte @ProfKingsbury @davidbmetcalfe
Bat god from Oaxaca @ProfKingsbury
her Nahuatl name translates as skirt of serpents.
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