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Santa Muerte Saint Death Poster
Santa Muerte is the sacred figure popular in Mexico. The name translates to "Saint Death."
Santa Muerte appears as a skeletal figure, clad in a long white robe. She usually holds a scythe in her right hand and a globe in her left.
Until recently, the cult of Santa Muerte was clandestine as most prayers and other sacred rites were done in private, usually in one's own home and remained hidden until the 19th-century.
When it eventually surfaced, reaction was harsh, requiring the burning of any image found.
It was José Guadalupe Posada who brought Santa Muerte out in the open in the late 19th-century, having created a female skeleton figure dressed in white Victorian clothing who went by the name of Catrina.
It was only in just the past ten years or so that followers have been worshiping Santa Muerte blatantly right out in the open.
Santa Muerte has been condemned by the Catholic Church, which considers Santa Muerte to be black magic and nothing but a dangerous superstition.
Regardless of what the Church says, Santa Muerte is revered by roughly two million followers, usually those who lead a somewhat dangerous lifestyle.
This poster is 17 inches wide by 22 inches high, generous black ink lushly
printed on parchment stock.
PLEASE NOTE: This poster image was hand drawn by Madame Talbot using nothing more than pen and ink on illustration board.
After the poster was completed, it was taken to a real printer and printed on an offset printing press.
Absolutely no computers were used in the making of this poster, all of it was drawn entirely by hand.
The copyright notice is on the website image only and not on the printed poster.
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