LADY CATRINA

LADY CATRINA

• Queen of Mictlan.
• Her role is to keep watch over the bones of the dead.
• Mictecacihuatl is known as the Lady of the Dead.
• Believed that she was born, then sacrificed as an infant.
• She is skinless and has a jaw gap which swallows stars in the day.

LADY CATRINA PT 2

• Aztecs believed cartina presided over their festivals in honor of dead.
• celebrations evolved incorporation of Christianity.
• depicted Catarina with a skull face,and a skirt made from serpents.
• Her husband and children died with her as gods took their life away.
• In memory the children of dead are celebrated first because of catrina children.

CULTURAL IMPORTANCE

• La Catrina has become the referential image of Death in Mexico.
• common to see her embodied as part of the celebrations of Day of the Dead throughout the country.
• A motive for the creation of handcrafts made from clay or other materials.
• Shows Mexicans to not mourn about the undead but celebrate.
• worship of which has been rejected by God in the Old Testament

MYTHS AND LEGENDS

• Known as spirit of defiance.
• Mexican army destroyed shrine.
• Saint of death.
• associated with healing, protection, and safe delivery to the afterlife
• she makes fun of European people with way she dresses.

CELEBRATION

• Last two days.
• The image has since become a staple of Mexican imagery.
• People put white make up on with a sombrero and a long dress.
• use of skeletons to remind people of their mortality.
• As worship they pray to her privately in homes.

JOSE GUADALUPE POSADA

• Printed this picture on newspaper for lady catrina.
• created sometime between 1910 and 1913.
• Made lady catrina an icon.
• captures the famous image of skull which changed image of 20th century.
• Gave it original name garbabcera which imitated European people culture.

SOURCES

• Lacatrina.ca
• Celebratethedead.com
• http://www.brujonegrobrujeria.com/page/page/2215114.htm