Santa Muerte + Jesus Skeleton Tattoo

Flowers around eyes // Collected pre Pinterest for Research

Things come up, like a Day of the Dead Jesus tattoo, which I have to make up and draw out in language on a body. In course of which, I have discovered: Santa Muerte, a Mexican Spirit Goddess Saint, that in art is connected back to Catholicism, for whom shrines exist and statues are often made.

• Day of Dead Statues and Jesus

• Santa Muerte

• Real Day of Dead Tattoos

• Jesus Tattoos

• Chicano Style Tattoos

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Day of Dead Statues

Probably going to put it on a cross.

With face of Sacrificial Ecstasy?

Or Humor with a touch of Religious Mayhem, like Day of the Dead ?

This is not Jesus its Mary?

Covered in Flowers? Definitely a Halo of some kind.

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No, its Santa Muerte !

Santa Muerte can be translated into English as either "Saint Death" or "Holy Death".

In its original form it is Female, shrines exist for her in Mexico.

Art for Santa Muerte tho, as created is also often kind of unisex, appears to occur in a way with both Male and Female counterparts ?

AI OVERVIEW:

Santa Muerte shrines are places where devotees of Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint, pray and leave offerings. Some shrines are public, while others are in private homes. Here are some examples of Santa Muerte shrines: 

• Enriqueta Romero's home in Mexico City: In 2001, Romero built a shrine in her home that displayed a life-sized statue of Santa Muerte that was visible from the street. The shrine is not used for Catholic masses or occult rites, but people visit to pray and leave offerings. 

• Enriqueta Romero's public shrine in Tepito, Mexico City: This shrine draws many devotees each day. 

Santa Muerte is a folk saint who is said to move between life and death and help migrants survive. Some say her origins can be traced back to Aztec spiritual rituals that blended with Catholicism during Spanish colonial rule. Her followers, who may include many Catholics who have lost faith in other saints, pray with rosaries, go on pilgrimages, and leave offerings like candles, apples, and cigars on her altars. The cult also incorporates elements of indigenous practices, Santería, Spiritualism, western medicine, and New Age ideas about spiritual energy.