Deep down in the depths of the Aztec underworld, the land of the dead, is a deity so feared that the Aztec empire would make ...

Mictlantecuhtli, the lord of this land of the dead, told Quetzalcoatl that he ... But according to mythology from the codices, the sacrifices were meant to empower and appease the gods.

22 release?set on Mexico’s Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, young Miguel (played by Anthony Gonzalez) is inadvertently transported to the “Land of the Dead.” The vividly colored ...

Day of the Dead might sound like ... According to one myth, Mictecacihuatl and her husband collected bones so that they might be returned to the land of the living and restored by the gods.