(Mexico Atlas) Who are the 25,000,000 "White Mexicans," the Mestizos (blended, interracial, mixed race) of Mexico, and what are they called? Los Gueros, Hispanos, Creolos, or the gradients of mixing (Mestizo) with more European than Indigenous American blood. To find large numbers of White Mexicans, just visit the German dominated state of Jaliscoor the 100,000 blond-blue-eyed Plautdietsch and Spanish-speaking Mennonitesof Chihuahua (keeping their traditions and religion alive and well).
Wait, what? We have our ancient Indigenous DNA still inside, with little Euro contribution?
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Los Maya y Azteca tenian mucha sabiduria
(Now it) Scientists reveal shocking genetic origin of Mexicans: Maternal line almost entirely Indigenous, paternal line mostly European. Why? Mass rape, forced blending, "survival mating" with invaders, occupiers, and Spanish and other European colonial masters
Mestizo
Maya
Aztec (Mexicas, Mexicanos)
Toltec
Zapotec
Olmec
African Americans
Edward P. Vining: An Inglorious Columbus
Rick Fields: How the Swans Came to the Lake
Down with rapist colonizers of Roman Catholic Church and the Spanish Crown! St. Junipero?
Mexico? How big is the "United States of Mexico" (Estados Unidos Mexicanos)?
(ReligionForBreakfast) Writer: Dr. R. Andrew Chesnut.
Editor: Mark Henry. Executive producers: Daniel Cuevas, Jay Gotschalk, Producer: Lyndsay Ballew. Further reading:
R. Andrew Chesnut, Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint, 2011. RFB Patreon community: religionforbreakfast.
In Buddhism, HOW can we transfer our merit (good karma) to benefit the grateful dead, the dearly departed, those who have gone beyond so that it gets to them today?
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Mictēcacihuātl ("Lady of the Dead"), in Aztec mythology, is a [goddess] death deity and the consort of Mictlāntēcutli, the god of the dead [like Buddhism's Judge Yama in the underworld also known as Yama in Hinduism] and ruler of Mictlān, the lowest level of the underworld [1].
Her role is to watch over the bones of the dead and preside over the ancient festivals of the dead. These festivals evolved from Aztec traditions into the modern Day of the Dead after synthesis with invading Spanish traditions. She now presides over the contemporary festival as well. In this respect, the pseudo-Catholic cult of Santa Muerte owes much to her. More
The third edition of Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saintoffers a fascinating portrayal of Santa Muerte[female Saint Death], a skeleton saint whose cult has become the fastest growing new religious movement worldwide over the past two decades.
Although condemned by mainstream churches, this folk saint's supernatural powers appeal to millions in Latin America, the USA, and beyond. Devotees believe the Bony Lady (as she is affectionately called) to be the fastest and most effective miracle worker, and as such, her statuettes and paraphernalia now outsell those of the Virgin of Guadalupe and Saint Jude, two other giants of Mexican religiosity.
In particular, Santa Muerte has become the patron saint of drug traffickers, playing an important role as protector of peddlers of fentanyl and marijuana; DEA agents and Mexican police often find her altars in the safe houses of drug smugglers.
Yet, Saint Death plays other important roles: she is a supernatural healer, love doctor, money-maker, lawyer, and angel of death. She has become without doubt one of the most popular and powerful saints of both the Latin American and American religious landscapes. More
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