Mictlantecuhtli took Mictecacihuatl as his wife after she was sacrificed as an infant and grew to adulthood within the nine levels of Mictlan, the two becoming the inseparable lord and lady of the dead.
Mictecacihuatl watches over the bones of all who descend to Mictlan, keeping them gathered in the deepest level of the underworld where no living hand may reach them.
Mictlantecuhtli and Mictecacihuatl rule Mictlan together as lord and lady of the dead, presiding over the ninth and deepest level of the underworld.
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