Remember Mictlancihuatl, Mesoamerican goddess of the underworld, who is actually part of paradise

Mictlancihuatl East THE queen of Mictlan, THE underworld of Mesoamerican cosmology. She watches on THE bone of THE dead And East generally represented as A body without flesh with A open jaw WHO the swallows THE stars during THE day.

Mictlancihuatl, Aztec goddess of THE underworld (Borgia Codex/Wikimedia)

THE modern representation of Mictlancihuatl East Skull Catrina.

Mictlancihuatl East THE marry of Mictlantecuhtli. Together they ruler on THE the afterlife.

Aztec And Christian Heaven And Hell are The opposites

Mictlancihuatl East key has understanding THE difference between pre-contact Mesoamerican And European Christian perspectives on the death And the afterlife.

Mictlan East THE place of THE life after death. THE Christian perspective conceived Mictlan In THE ground as a few form of hell.

THE Mesoamerican perspective conceived Mictlan more as heaven. Mictlancihuatl the swallows THE stars during THE day And exits them has night. She manages THE heavens.

THE Mesoamerican indicate of see East that of...