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

Are all of Maya Higa’s streams now just her talking to animals? I might have to start watching a streamer kiryu-slam

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

Pretty sure the corporate big wigs just took my team out for a drink. I'm a contractor though so I'm here in the office by myself.

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

It's important to remember that you can't make a sandwich out of just the sauce

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

That's what peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are though, saucewiches

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[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 6 points 6 days ago

parfait is a sauce sandwich

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

Well, Samsung removed color-coding in their reminders widget in the latest update so I may as well just figure out how to set up synchronized reminders across devices using FOSS apps.

[-] Gorillatactics@hexbear.net 6 points 6 days ago

Next to the screen for the self check out there's a smaller screen that shows the customer camera footage of themselves, presumably as an anti-theft mechanism. However when I went to the store today, i couldn't see myself on that monitor. So either the camera broke and they showed a still image of the background. Or I have turned into a vampire and should put the garlic back.

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

Been reading Dark Money by Jane Mayer, while it's kinda lib going into the Koch brothers childhood and weird Nazi nanny it is pretty good about following the trail on how their influence network was built up. Been meaning to read this for a while so yeah yay for me

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

Sick! I need to get off my ass with the reading I've had Surveillance Capital laying around for almost a year

Damn sensory overload addiction, these days I only really read pdfs/epubs on my laptop while blasting music/podcasts, hard to switch off and just sit with a physical book

There's was a dark period in my life a few years ago when I was out of work and my substance abuse had ramped up a lot, but one sliver living was I had no Internet at home(libary was my only access) so I'd consistently read like 400 pages a day going through multiple books a week and was able to finish everything in collection

sorry for the life story lol

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

How dud you deal with button mash parts in games? I used the spoon trick (hold a tea spoon against the button with your thumb and rub it back and forth, worked best on Playstation controllers)

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

Watching Kitchen Nightmares (UK), in the Fenwick arms episode I’m pretty sure Brian is on the spectrum.

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

I know the show wants me to be frustrated with him but he’s just the sweetest man kitty-cri

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

mystery-emote Brian

grabber-left Plates grabber-right

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

Hey, Konami, make a castlevania game that rips off Dark Souls. Im not even a fan of Dark Souls but it's basically a combination of the classic and Iga style of metroid but also 3D. It'd be easy as hell to do and make at least some money.

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

There seems to be this idea that Heavy Metal is a subgenre of Metal that ive seen here and there over the years. Metal is just a shorter way of saying heavy metal isn't it? What bands would be considered Heavy Metal if it's a distinct subgenre?

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[-] HarryLime@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago
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[-] Cowbee@hexbear.net 7 points 6 days ago

TIL I have "brand recognition" and that "near everyone on Lemmy knows my name." Cool, I guess?

[-] copandballtorture@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago

Was scrolling through old posts and found this one. Not especially topical but eh charlie-kirk

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