Santa Muerte

English

Close-up of a Santa Muerte south of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Santa Muerte (literally “Holy Death”).

Proper noun

Santa Muerte

1. A female folk saint venerated primarily in Mexico and among Mexican-Americans in the United States. A personification of death, also associated with healing, protection, and safe delivery to the afterlife.

Synonyms

• (personification of death): Azrael, Death, the Grim Reaper, the reaper, the pale rider, the rider, the angel of death, the Shinigami, psychopomp

Translations

patron saint of death

• Romanian: Sfânta Moarte f

See also

• Santa Muerte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia