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	Mexican Culture and Tradition at Mexican Beauty Gift Shop - Day of the Dead, Día de los Muertos
		Previously it fell on the ninth month of the Aztec Solar Calendar, approximately the beginning of August, and was celebrated for the entire month.
		Festivities were presided over by the goddess Mictecacihuatl.
		The goddess, known as "Lady of the Dead," was believed to have died at birth.
	www.mexicanbeautygiftshop.com /day_of_the_dead.htm (522 words)

	MESOAMERICAN AFTERWORLDS
		Before the final burial of a nobleman, a chunk of jade would be placed in the jaw - this would be offered to a great jaguar at the gates of Mictlan instead of the man's own heart.
		This is an Aztec carving of Mictecacihuatl, the Lady of the Dead.
		The Aztec god of death was Mictlantecuhtli, Lord of the Land of the Dead.
	members.aol.com /cabrakan/death.htm (914 words)

	M:tB V.1 - The Mictlan: Origins,...
		Mictecacihuatl traveled to the living lands and entered a woman's belly, to be born as human.
		The undead would serve the purpose of Mictlantecuhtli and Mictecacihuatl: to remind humankind that they were not gods, they could die by the whim of the gods.
		The Tlatoanis are said to be the children of Mictlantecuhtli and Mictecacihuatl, given to the gods.
	www.identicalsoftware.com /rpg/wod/settings/mexico/mic1.html (1736 words)

	M e l b o u r n e b b q s o c i e t y (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Day of the Dead or Día de los Muertos is the time when Mexican families celebrate the remembrance of the dead and the continuity of life.
		In pre-conquest times, the celebration occurred in midsummer in honour of the Aztec goddess Mictecacihuatl ("Lady of the Dead"), and was dedicated to children and the dead.
		It was believed that once a year, the souls of the dead would return to earth to visit the living and eat drink and be merry just as they did when they were alive.
	www.starttransmission.com /mbs/mexican.htm (378 words)

	Day of the Dead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Dating back some three millennia, the tradition stems from ancient Aztec rites honoring Mictecacihuatl, goddess of the dead.
		Along with marigolds (Mictecacihuatl's favorite flower), the dead are presented with tamales, moles and "pan de muertos," bread decorated with little dough crossbones.
		Symbolizing the spirit of the dead, skeletons also make a big presence during the holiday, with paper cutouts hanging on storefronts and candy shaped into skulls.
	www.freakopedia.com /Themes/Stories/day_of_the_dead.htm (188 words)

	LOS DIAS DE LOS MUERTOS (The Days of the Dead). By Judy King - ON MEXICO CONNECT
		When the Spaniards arrived in Mexico they encountered two-month celebrations honoring death, the fall harvest and the new year.
		For more than 500 years, the goddess Mictecacihuatl (Lady of the Dead) presided over Aztec harvest rituals using fires and incense, costumes of animal skins, images of their dead and offerings of ceramics, personal goods, flowers and foods, drink and flowers.
		While the church attempted to transform the joyous celebration to a suitably tragic image of death and a serious day of prayer focusing attention and reflection on the saints and martyrs.
	www.mexconnect.com /mex_/travel/jking/jkdayofthedead.html (1731 words)

	Day of the Dead Skeleton Bride (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		La Santísima Muerte is a sort of Mexican “saint” - “The Most Holy Death” - and she is, in many ways, the syncretic version of the Aztec goddess Mictecacihuatl, the goddess of the underworld, who was traditionally shown as a skeleton woman.
		In traditional Day of the Dead art, the skeleton bride is very popular, and the idea of a bride and a figure in the trappings of the Virgin Mary seem to merge very easily into the same image.
		The original celebration of the Day of the Dead can be traced to the festivities held during the Aztec month of Miccailhuitontli, ritually presided by the goddess Mictecacihuatl ("Lady of the Dead"), and dedicated to children and the dead.
	www.faustosgallery.com /deaders/bride.html (397 words)

	T a l l s k i n n y (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Aztec god of the dead, usually portrayed with a skull face.
		With his wife, Mictecacihuatl, he ruled Mictlan, the underworld.
		Souls of those warriors whose manner of death failed to call them to various paradises (for those dead by war, sacrifice, childbirth, drowning, lightning, and certain diseases) made a four-year journey, fraught with trials, through the nine hells of Mictlan.
	members.aol.com /tallskinny/mictlan.html (410 words)

	The Moron's Almanac: News and Misinformation
		In Mexico, the "Day of the Dead" lasts from October 31 through November 2, which has long been a concern to students of the Mexican calendar.
		The celebration is a fusion of sixteenth-century Spaniards' All Souls' and All Saints' Days and the Aztec festival honoring Mictecacihuatl, the Aztec goddess of the dead.
		(Mictecacihuatl was said to have died at birth as the result of complications relating to pronunciation.)
	www.justmorons.com /articles/day021025.html (870 words)

	Días de los Muertos
		The Aztec celebration was held during the Aztec month of Miccailhuitontli, presided over by the goddess Mictecacihuatl Lady of the Dead, and dedicated to children and the dead.
		Following the Spanish conquest of Mexico during the 16th century, there was a strong effort to convert the native population to Catholicism.
		Mictecacihuatl - The Aztec goddess of the dead
	www.tomzap.com /muertos.html (1057 words)

	Woodworks :: October 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Traditionally speaking, the Day of the Dead is a ritual day that sprung from the Aztec culture over 3,000 years ago, and it used to take place in what would have been late July, early August.
		It was a month long celebration honoring the dead, and the living, presided over by the goddess Mictecacihuatl, the Lady of the Dead, who was believed to have died at birth.
		In the 1500s, the Spaniards came to Mexico, and with their coming, they tried to eradicate the heathen gods and rituals, including the Aztec Day of the Dead.
	www.woodworksezine.com /2004/issue10_oct/columns/muertos.html (669 words)

	Carolina Morning News on the Web \| Local News - Bread to celebrate Dia de los Muertos 10/23/00
		El Dia de los Muertos most likely originated with the Aztecs, who had not just a couple of days, but an entire month dedicated to their dead ancestors.
		The festivities were presided over by the goddess Mictecacihuatl.
		When the invading Spaniards vanquished the Aztecs, they changed the tradition so it would coincide with the Christian celebrations of All Saints Day and All Souls Day, Nov. 1 and 2.
	www.lowcountrynow.com /stories/102300/LOClehmann.shtml (901 words)

	The Body: Editorial
		The Catholic Church celebrates November 1 as All Saints' Day to honor and remember those spirits who are recognized by the Church as saints, and November 2 as All Souls' Day to remember and pray for the spirits of those whose proximity to the Infinite is less certain.
		The original celebration of El Dia de los Muertos can be traced back to the Aztec month of Miccailhuitontli which was presided over by the goddess Mictecacihuatl (Lady of the Dead) and celebrated the spirits of dead children.
		The celebrations also included rituals in the honor of the war god Huitzilopochtli (Sinister Hummingbird) to whom the Aztecs offered many of their human sacrifices.
	www.thebody.com /iapac/edit1198.html (580 words)

	Los dias de los Muertos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The third death, the most definitive death, is when there is no one left alive to remember us." He says this on the website www.Latino.com.
		It was ran by the "Lady of the Dead," Mictecacihuatl.
		The Aztec month of Mictecacihuatl was dedicated to children and the dead.
	www.loogootee.k12.in.us /high/classes/spanish1/group3/History.htm (415 words)

	<$BlogTitle$> (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Hence, the best way to describe this Mexican holiday is to say that it is a time when mexican families remember their dead, and the continuity of life.
		The original celebration can be traced to the festivities held during the Aztec month of Miccailhuitontli, presided by the goddess Mictecacihuatl ("Lady of the Dead"), dedicated to children and the dead.
		Also during this month is a festival dedicated to a major Aztec war deity, Huitzilopochtli ("Sinister Hummingbird").
	www.simplyoasis.com /blog/archives/2004/11/mexican_day_of.php (226 words)

	Encyclopedia: Mictecacihuatl
		Updated 110 days 12 hours 52 minutes ago.
		In Aztec mythology, Mictecacihuatl was the Queen of Mictlan, the underworld, and wife of Mictlantecuhtli.
		Her purpose is to keep watch over the bones of the dead.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mictecacihuatl (125 words)

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		The other was a November feast in honor of the goddess Pomona, whose sign was the apple, harvested at this time of year.
		7) Before the Spanish came to Mexico, the Aztecs celebrated a feast of the goddess Mictecacihuatl (Lady of the Dead), dedicated to children and the dead in the month of Miccailhuitontli, which was roughly the end of July/beginning of August.
		Spanish missionaries convinced the people to transfer the feast to October 31/November 1-2 to coincide with the Christian festival of All Saints and All Souls.
	www.peacebuildersinitiative.org /adults/activities/Halloween_Top_Ten.doc (558 words)

	Day of the Dead
		When the Catholic Spaniards arrived in Mexico they encountered two-month long celebrations honoring death, the fall harvest and the New Year.
		For more than 500 years, the goddess Mictecacihuatl (Lady of the Dead) presided over Aztec harvest rituals using fires and incense, costumes of animal skins, images of their dead and offerings of ceramics, personal goods, flowers and foods, drink and flowers.
		Unlike the Spaniards who viewed death as the end of life, the natives saw it as a continuation of life.
	www.angelfire.com /mi2/horror/dayofthedead.html (902 words)

	Catrina - Uncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		You see, La Catrina has been working for us all along, she went undercover and disguised herself as a natural disaster, she went under the false name Katrina (Well, we admit she doesn't have much of an imagination in the first place!) and ran amok.
		La Catrina has been always present in Mexican Culture, she was popularized by Mexican Engraver José Guadalupe Posada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Guadalupe_Posada), but its tradition comes from the Aztec Pantheon, especially Mictecacihuatl (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mictecacihuatl), the Aztec Lady of Death.
		Well, you don't like us and we don't like you, but we don't have any money to buy airplanes and crash them into your cities, we cannot afford suicide bombers and our militia is merely ornamental, our only resource was asking our Goddess of Death to go and smite you.
	www.uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Catrina (297 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Dia de los Muertos, Day of the Dead, is an ancient festivity that has been much transformed through the years, but was intended in pre-hispanic Mexico to celebrate children and the dead.
		The original celebration can be traced to the festivities held during the Aztec month of Miccailhuitonth, which is ritually presided by the goddess Mictecacihuatl (Lady of the Dead), and dedicated to children and the dead.
		The rituals during this month also featured a festivity dedicated to the major Aztec war diety Huitzilopochtli (Sinister Hummingbird).
	www.stanford.edu /group/CLGSA/Old/altar.html (118 words)

	Gothic Orlando (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Cultures across the world have long held festivals to commemorate their dearly departed.
		In Mexico the Day of the Dead originated from Aztec festivities dedicated to children and the dead presided by the goddess Mictecacihuatl ("Lady of the Dead").
		In Celtic cultures Samhain was celebrated in remembrance of the dead, and to mark the death and eventual rebirth of their patriarchal deity.
	www.gothicorlando.com /articles/article02_chung_yueng.shtml (432 words)

	The State News - www.statenews.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Dia de Los Muertos has been celebrated for the past 3,000 years.
		The original celebration can be traced to the festivities held during the Aztec month of Miccailhuitontli, ritually presided by the goddess Mictecacihuatl, or “Lady of the Dead,” and dedicated to children and the dead.
		The rituals during this month also featured a festivity dedicated to the major Aztec war deity, Huitzilopochtli.
	www.statenews.com /op_article.phtml?pk=6722 (785 words)

	CGTalk - View Single Post - Gods and Demons - Character - Sketchguy
		I finally got a chance to do some quick sketches and decided it's time to enter this months challenge.
		Originally, I wanted to do something concerning the Day of the Dead festival which honors Mictecacihuatl, the Aztec goddess of the dead.
		Instead, I'm using that as a point of departure.
	forums.cgsociety.org /showpost.php?p=35029&postcount=1 (168 words)

	The Berkeley PTA Council Links Page
		The original celebration can be traced to the festivities held during the Aztec month of Miccailhuitontli, ritually presided by the goddess
		Mictecacihuatl ("Lady of the Dead"), and dedicated to children and the dead.
		The rituals during this month also featured a festivity dedicated to
	berkeleypta.org /11.htm (683 words)

	eListas.net - Mis eListas: redsantamuerte: Base de datos: Ver tabla
		La RED se me hace muy interesante, sobre todo porque publican la historia de la Señora, está muy bien pero me gustaría que pusieran más rituales y recetas.
		Efectivamente, se puede invocar a Mictecacihuatl la Señora de la Muerte.
		Finalmente te podemos decir que Mictecacihuatl ayuda a las mujeres en peligro y todos aquellos que sean objeto de una injusticia
	www.elistas.net /lista/redsantamuerte/datos/prn/1 (127 words)

	School Work on Day of the Dead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Celebrating El Dia de los Muertos to honor the dead is still one of Mexico’s oldest and most festive traditions.
		com) Their festivities would last for one full month and were presided over by the goddess Mictecacihuatl also known as the “goddess of the dead.
		To make the ritual more Christian, the Spaniards decided to move El Dia de los Muertos to coincide with the Catholic holiday’s of All Saint’s Day and All Soul’s Day on November 1st and November 2nd.
	us-mirror.www.ai.net /show_essay/198019.html (187 words)

	DRAM - View Detail for Los Dioses Aztecas (The Aztec Gods), Op. 107: II - Mictecacihuatl: Diosa de los Muertos (Goddess ...
		107: II - Mictecacihuatl: Diosa de los Muertos (Goddess of The Dead) - Database of Recorded American Music
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		107 : II - Mictecacihuatl: Diosa de los Muertos (Goddess of The Dead)
	dram.nyu.edu /Objid/10809 (82 words)

	Set_119 - Brisa Graficos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		El reino de los muertos o inframundo, conocido comúnmente como Mictlan, era gobernado por el “Señor del Inframundo”, Mictlantecuhtli, y por la esposa de este, Mictecacihuatl, los “Infiernos”, el Chignauhmictlan.
		Mictlantecuhtli y Mictecacihuatl eran la pareja más importante de las regiones del inframundo y habitan la más profunda de ellas, a donde llegan los hombres a descansar, no sin antes entregar a las deidades presentes valiosos.
		Mictlantecuhtli aparece con el cuerpo cubierto de huesos humanos y un cráneo a manera de mascara, con los cabellos negros, encrespados y decorados con ojos estelares, puesto que habita en la región de la oscuridad completa.
	perso.wanadoo.es /sharazad1/azteca2.htm (3381 words)

	MICTECACIHUATL - Gods from Aztec Mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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		MICTECACIHUATL: Goddess of Death and the Lady of MICTLAN.
		Co-ruler of the Aztec Underworld, she looks after the bones of the dead with her husband MICTLANTECUHTLI.
	www.godchecker.com /pantheon/aztec-mythology.php?deity=MICTECACIHUATL (97 words)

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