Aztec goddess Mictecacihuatl. Mictecacihuatl, lady of the dead people. In Mexica mythology she is the queen of Mictlán, she presided over the Mexican festivals made in honor of the dead. Contemporary Day of the Dead, Mexico. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890

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