Match the following spirit entities with their symbolic meaning.

1. Guadalupe
2. la Chingada
3. la Llorona
4. Chicomecoatl
5. Huixtochihuatl

A. The mother who seeks her lost children
B. The goddess of salt.
C. The goddess of sweet inland water.
D. she who was decapitated by her brother
E. the goddess of food and nourishment.
F. the virgin, or chaste, mother who has not abandoned her people.
G. The raped mother who the people have abandoned.
H. the dark virgin.


1. F. the virgin, or chaste, mother who has not abandoned her people.
2. G. The raped mother who the people have abandoned.
3. A. The mother who seeks her lost children
4. E. the goddess of food and nourishment.
5. B. The goddess of salt.

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