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Mictlanteculhtli: In Aztec mythology, Mictlanteculhtli ("lord of Mictlan") was the god of the dead and King of Mictlan, the lowest section of the underworld. He was depicted as a skeleton or a person wearing a toothy skull. He was associated with spiders, owls and bats. His wife was Mictecacihuatl. (1)
Mictlantecutli, the lord of the sojourn of the dead, rules the underworld [Mictlan] with his wife, Mictlantecihautl. He is depicted as an open-mouthed monster waiting to devour souls or as an owl clutching a skull and crossbones. The trickster god is associated with the color red. When the Christian missionaries began evangelizing Mexico, Mictlan was equated with SATAN, vicious tormentor of the dead. (o) |
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Resource List - all entries are taken verbatim from the original source: (o) "The Encyclopedia of Hell." Miriam Van Scott. St. Martin's Press. ©1998 |
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