Saint Death

By Miss Cellania in Religion on Nov 17, 2008 at 11:12 am

Death is looked upon differently by many cultures. One of the stranger and more macabre (at least to look at) is the Mexican tradition of Santa Muerte – or Saint Death if you are an English speaker. She is also known as Dona Sebastiana and is a religious figure that is the result of a mish-mash of several cultures. Paganism and Catholicism come head on to produce a remarkable hybrid of contemporary religiosity and supernaturalism.

Take a look at several incarnations of Santa Muerte at socyberty. Link -Thanks, RJ Evans!

(image credit: volante)

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popezilla
Nov 17th, 2008 at 11:46 am
The translation really comes out more towards “Holy Death” than Saint Death. Santa means Saint and Holy, so if you’re in Tepito, el barrio bravo de la ciudad de Mexico, you get more of a holy aspect than a Saint (indicating endorsement by the Catholic church, or a nature of goodness)
Rocky Rook
Nov 17th, 2008 at 11:55 am
The 8th picture is the most greusome … looks like something out of a Tolkien book.
Elagie
Nov 17th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
And “religiosity” and supernaturalism are different how exactly?
cheechman85
Nov 17th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
I saw a Santa Muerte shrine while I was in Mexico. Very creepy indeed! Especially when you don’t know the context of it. People we’re literally giving tributes to this skeleton looking thing and I suddenly thought I was in a “bad part of town”.
mother theresa
Nov 17th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Ah! Dona death! I know her well.
Just love all that paganism and pseudo-christianity
wallowing together in one big crap hole. Is why
I adore the church!!
jcizzle!
Nov 17th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
prom…1997….nuf said!
Ali S.
Nov 17th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Huh. Bizarre yet very intriguing.
Absent
Nov 18th, 2008 at 11:30 am
It’s Barbara Cartland!!! Yikes!

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