Cihuateteo Statue (La Llorona) Traditionally Handcrafted from Mexican Clay Papa Candelo Give me courage to face

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Cihuateteo Statue (La Llorona) Traditionally Handcrafted from Mexican Clay Papa Candelo Give me courage to faceThe cihuateteo are the deified spirits of women who died in childbirth. On certain nights of the year (their feast days) they haunt the crossroads. Some say that the legend of La Llorona is based on the cihuateteo. The Aztecs considered childbirth to be a form of battle. They treated women who died in childbirth as fallen warriors (mocinaquetzque, valiant women), whose spirits had the privilege of going to Tonatiuh Ilhuicac, the Heaven of the Sun,