Santa Muerte
English edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish Santa (“Saint”) Muerte (“Death”).
Proper noun edit
Santa Muerte
- A female folk saint venerated primarily in Mexico and among Mexican-Americans in the United States. A personification of death, also associated with healing, protection, and safe delivery to the afterlife.
Synonyms edit
- (personification of death): Azrael, Death, the Grim Reaper, the reaper, the pale rider, the rider, the angel of death, the Shinigami, psychopomp
Translations edit
patron saint of death
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See also edit
- Santa Muerte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia