The Aztec goddess Mictecacihuatl was the goddess of the underworld who, along with her husband Mictlantecuhtli, watched over the underworld and the souls of the dead. After the traditions of the Aztec were subsumed by Catholicism, she became Santa Muerte, who remains an important figure in Mexican religious practice, presiding over Dia de los Muertos, the modern revision of the Aztec feasts of the dead.
