Santa Muerte Mini Figurine

This Santa Muerte figurine is an indispensable classic from our Santeria section. The 6.5 cm tall figurines are made of resin. At the base of the Santa Muerte, the obligatory seeds are embedded in a small, transparent synthetic resin pedestal, and a small owl emerges from the front of the body. The skulls are perfectly fine for a miniature of this size—please keep in mind that we get really close up and unflinchingly close for our photos, presenting here a magnified version of what appears absolutely harmonious under normal lighting. 

The cult of Santa Muerte has tens of thousands of followers across all segments of Mexican society - of all the folk saints, the Saint of Death enjoys by far the greatest popularity. The Catholic Church classifies the cult of Santa Muerte as a pagan ritual and even suppresses it in many places, but this does not deter her followers from worshipping the skeletal woman with a scythe at countless small shrines throughout the country for love,health,  happiness, financial and professional success, and personal protection. 

Santa Muerte differs from other Mexican folk saints primarily in that she is known by the name Mictecacihuatl as an ancient Aztec goddess of death and ruler of the underworld. For this reason, and given their classification of the Santa Muerte cult as a pagan ritual, Catholics must confront the accusation that they banished an ancient Aztec deity here in the course of the conquest and Christianization of Mexico.