Obsidian Butterfly in regalia and face paint

ITZPAPALOTL : THE OBSIDIAN BUTTERFLY; THE CLAWED BUTTERFLY

Itzpapalotl is a fierce warrior goddess, one of the Tzitzimitl (star beings). She is a ferocious skeleton warrior with the wings of an atlas moth and obsidian blades all over her body. She presides over the realm of Tamoanchan, the place where humans were created from blood, and bones stolen from Mictlan, realm of the dead. Itzpapalotl presides over the paradise realm inhabited by women who died in childbirth and stillborn infants. She is a shamanic goddess and a powerful sorceress. This goddess was adapted into Aztec culture from Chichimec and Zapotec legends.