Santa Muerte Mug

Nuestra Señora de la Santa Muerte or Our Lady of the Holy Death, often shortened to Santa Muerte, is a idol, female deity or folk saint in Mexican and Mexican-American neo-pagan folk Catholicism. A personification of death, she is associated with healing, protection, and safe delivery to the afterlife by her devotees. Despite condemnation by leaders of the Catholic Church, and more recently Evangelical movements, her cult has become increasingly prominent since the turn of the 21st century. Originally appearing as a male figure, Santa Muerte now generally appears as a skeletal female figure, clad in a long robe and holding one or more objects, usually a scythe and a globe.