Dr. Andrew Chesnut on Santa Muerte, the Death Goddess
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Is the Grim Pris a Symbol of Death?
In the catholic mediterranean, such as spain, portugal, parts of france and italy, death was actually represented as the grim repris. The church brings over the figure of the grim pris as part of ther evangelization of the indigenous people because they have no idea who these indigenous people are or what they might believe. Many indigenous groups have their own death deities, especially the aztecs and the myons a. So so ye, thathe spanish grim repus comes over here, you can imagine that some of the indigenouspeople see her and immediately make that association with their own death deity,. Such as the aztec death goddess mita casiwate
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