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Mictecacihuatl, Lady of the Dead, is the link between the living and the deceased. She holds our teyollia, the spirit of our personality and our creativity, and purifies it so it can return to the Earth in the shape of a new being. Also called Mictlancihuatl, she is the ruler of the land of the dead. She is honored on Dia de Muertos, and is a manifestation of La Santa Muerte. A work of nahua (or Aztec) tradition.

Mictecacihuatl is the female deity associated with death in many of Mexico's indigenous cultures. In addition to welcoming us into the afterlife, she is the protector of some and the source of countless legends related to the underworld. Learn about her history, her powers, and the fate of those who encounter the powerful lady of Mictlán.

Known as the lady of the dead, the lady who cuts the umbilical cord, or simply the lady of death, Mictecacihuatl is the goddess who rules the other world and to whom some will have to answer sooner or later.

Together with her husband, the lord of death Mictlantecuhtli, Mictecacihuatl welcomes souls who died naturally to Mictlán, to watch over their bones and watch over their sleep for all eternity.

Furthermore, her power extends throughout the land of the dead and even into the world of the living, as she is capable of sending blessings, curses, and messages from her dimension in the afterlife. Of the two rulers of the underworld, Mictecacihuatl seems to be the more flexible of the two deities, as she is the one who gives the deceased permission to return from Mictlán, a gesture that does not go unnoticed on the earthly plane, as the celebration of the dead in pre-Hispanic cultures was an honor to this goddess.

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[-] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 14 points 5 days ago

A Second dprk-soldier has hit the Hexbear Servers

[-] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 11 points 5 days ago

I just kept writing my next comment in a text editor while I waited for Hexbear to return comfy-cool

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[-] jjsandwich8@hexbear.net 10 points 5 days ago

I don't want to go to work tomorrow

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[-] Cowbee@hexbear.net 14 points 6 days ago

A well-meaning coworker called me a liberal Patrick Bateman. I'm cooked, pay your respects here, I can't recover from this

yamcha

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago

Isn’t Patrick Bateman liberal Patrick Bateman?

[-] Cowbee@hexbear.net 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Yea, guess he wanted to stress that part. It was meant in a friendly ribbing way, said coworker is libbed up to begin with.

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[-] CocteauChameleons@hexbear.net 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I really feel bad for those kids who love to cook so much it becomes they’re whole personality. They love making their friends and family happy with some yummy meals. So they thug it out in the low end kitchens and get treated like absolute garbage by their drunk supervisor. They quit on the spot and then guess what? The next restaurant is the exact fucking same. After multiple firing and quits, they finally get a job at a higher end restaurant and guess what? They still get treated like a teenager with no trust at age 25. Everytime they contact an employer whos offering a higher paid position, they ask them for references to contact, all their references are bunk because every restaurant is trash. These kids dreams are dead.

Anyways I cant wait to start X-ray school next year

[-] Wakmrow@hexbear.net 12 points 6 days ago

I'm feeling really down, stressed and burned out.

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[-] Carl@hexbear.net 8 points 5 days ago

just washed every single dish in my house and stacked them up precariously next to my sink screm-cool

[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago

Lol Lindsay Ellis came out as a liberal Zionist. I had a bad feeling about her when she went all in on defending Hillary after 2016.

[-] spectre@hexbear.net 7 points 6 days ago

Link for context pls

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[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 8 points 5 days ago

Davey Havoc on the way to the studio to record Black Sail "Im gonna song like the Tazmanian Devil was in a hair metal band and no one is ever gonna comment on it"

[-] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 8 points 5 days ago

Why is it called numerology and not numberology. It deals with numbers not numers smdh head

[-] Buptendo@hexbear.net 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

No you fucking idiot its like this:

If your favorite band stops making music but the record label keeps releasing music under their name with totally different band members, youd know immediately and its bullshit.

But when your favorite game series is made by soulless co. And made by totally different people with no connection to the original and the artists who made that game are gone, its no longer that game. No matter what they call it.

Even if its a good game!

Honestly discord is trash, a bunch of idiot losers im glad i really dont use it.

Its so whack you wanna make me feel like an idiot, and then when i explain myself you suddenly "dont care anymore" because my reasoning is fucking sound.

I promise im not that invested in this it was just so jarringly stupid its hard not to feel the whiplash

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[-] Kefla@hexbear.net 7 points 5 days ago

I just tried to advise someone on Reddit against an unsafe course of action using the phrase, "That would kill you." My comment was rejected for "violating Reddit TOS"

I love corporate censorship!!! agony-shivering

[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago

Maybe try getting more specific? Things like "That would turn you into chunky salsa" or "That would make all your limbs fly off in different directions"

[-] Kefla@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago

That is pretty much what I did, yeah.

[-] HexaSnoot@hexbear.net 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I heard Nazis tend to hide they're Nazis while communists tend to be open about being communists. Why night those two things be?

[-] PowerLurker@hexbear.net 7 points 5 days ago

spilling my guts loser-style to the interneti will never entertain another romantic relationship where toxic jealousy is an issue, that’s a promise. that shit makes me feel sick and evil just for existing and living my life. if i get a whiff of it and it’s not something that person has done copious previous work on, im fucking out. everyone has their hurts and their trauma that isn’t their fault, i get it, but i will not stick around for this kind.

ha ha no, a text altercation with my most recent ex did not make me cry today at work, why r u asking that?

ah shit sorry. i forgot i promised to quit posting. maybe after this one, i’ll do it for real. fr fr.

[-] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago

Sorry friend, I'd offer more words, but I think I'd be closer to their situation than yours.

[-] Comrade_Mushroom@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago

Human history is an almost endless cascade of people making shit up and other people going along with it.

[-] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 10 points 6 days ago

Very funny how many NAFO Nazis on Twitter think I'm Russian because I put Leningrad as location in bio.

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 9 points 6 days ago

It’s really funny how the conservative project has been rolling unabated for over 40 years and conservatives talk like they’ve been held back. I’m imagining behind closed doors they’re just doing the opening of Rambo 2 where som3 christofascist pedophile is like “are we allowed to win this time?”

[-] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Top of the food chain devouring the competition

Abort misson cause it's the bomb like nuclear fisson

To go against them Communists now that's a bad decision

Cause we steadily droppin shit like a flock of pigeons

So listen as I paddle up your ear canals, torrential

Waters on instrumental, feeding you vitamins and all essentials

Potential's monumental when it comes to hip-hop

Makin the terror stop is like holding back a triceratops

[-] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago

I start posting again on this website.

Intermittent server problems for weeks.

I am too powerful, of course. jeb

[-] Carl@hexbear.net 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

dog-screm

see flamin hot cheeto on floor

eat it

delicious

thirsty

go outside

drink from water bowl

go inside

jump on dirty laundry pile

sleep

such is the life of a dog

[-] Wmill@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago

Ngl when I heard the term performative male I was like "oh no is that me" scared before I realized who gives a fuck and wait is this just the word hipster rebranded? This whole if you do this your fake and cringe gets on my nerves I'm cringe and got no game and I can't help it. Hearing it from left/progressive leaning channels I see doesn't help

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 9 points 6 days ago

It’s like white knight or male feminist rebranded. And idk, this stuff always takes on too many assumptions about the person’s intentions. Like I agree performative feminism from men is bad if it’s only to get laid, but how do you know that’s the case? It’s basically a pseudowoke way to find a way to be judgemental about people you barely know.

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[-] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago

Absolutely hilarious how Amerikkkans have unbleached Spaniards in their minds.

Second-largest colonial empire of all time.

Sorry fat, we're taking away your kkkrakkker kkkard for being too good at being white. biden-nibble

[-] jjsandwich8@hexbear.net 7 points 5 days ago

I feel bad today sadness

[-] wombat@hexbear.net 7 points 5 days ago

it is september 30 and stalin saved the world from fascism

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago

Trump II is showing that you absolutely do not need a competent fascist in charge, nor do you need a single competent fascist advising him. Like they’re doing this with the absolutely dumbest people on earth, one of his guys literally has brain worms.

[-] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago

It would be a lot harder for them if there was an opposition.

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago

Went to witness a changing of the guard ceremony. It’s literally some guys ending their shift and getting replaced with new guys. Nobody transformed. Total ripoff.

[-] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago

Funny how Microsoft sharepoint lets you see files other people worked on, like billing structure document and proposals that get sent out, so i know exactly how much they're charging for work.

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 7 points 6 days ago
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[-] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 12 points 6 days ago

Windows installation loading screens be like
"Sit back and wait while the magic happens"
"Pour yourself a drink and enjoy the show"
"INCUBATING A MASSIVE TURD TO SHIT RIGHT ON YOUR DESK"

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[-] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

My lighter's missing, are the LaRouchites or stay-behind networks to blame?

[-] HarryLime@hexbear.net 7 points 6 days ago

Me, the world's smartest aspiring dictator, to the military leaders I just called away from their stations: "you're a bunch of fat pussies. And the ships you're making are ugly, which is more important than making them technologically advanced and modern. Now kill my enemies for me, fatasses."

[-] HarryLime@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago

Pure cinema ninth inning holy shit

[-] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Guess whose lemon tree is putting out buds? Heh, yeahhh, that's right

[-] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago

if I were the government I would simply keep funding myself tbh

[-] moonlake@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago

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[-] acab_means_cop_Dva@hexbear.net 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I just got my first ad for Jordan Peterson’s version of PragerU and saw peterson-sus went with the tagline “Devoid of ideology” and I couldn’t help screaming in panic at poor Mr. Peterson “Noooo. You fool! You have gripped the Chaos Dragon by its tail! Your rejection of ideology zizek-theory merely proves your enslavement to ideology. You are in the Chaos Dragon ouroboros now!”

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[-] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 9 points 6 days ago

I jammed with a new band this past weekend, and the jam went REALLY smoothly, it also gave me a chance to shittalk my old band, even though we're friendly, they were a pain to work with sometimes. I'm playing bass now, but i dont know if i want to keep at it, i might want to start a whole new band soon.

There's a show coming up and there's no pressure to play, but it sounds fun, so fuck it.

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