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Malintzín (La Malinche, La Chingada)
The Virgin of Guadalupe, an image of the Virgin Mary that appeared to an Indigenous peasant named Juan Diego around the time of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, has since become the most famous symbol of Mexican national, cultural, and religious identity. Even though Anzaldúa considers the Virgin one of Chicanas’ three mothers (along with La Malinche and La Llorona), she also analyzes how the Catholic Church has used the Virgin’s image and story to oppress women. Anzaldúa proposes re-linking the Virgin to her original native identity, Coatlalopeuh, which descends from the creator goddess Coatlicue.
Coatlalopeuh (The Virgin of Guadalupe) Quotes in Borderlands / La Frontera
The Borderlands / La Frontera quotes below are all either spoken by Coatlalopeuh (The Virgin of Guadalupe) or refer to Coatlalopeuh (The Virgin of Guadalupe). For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 1, Section 3: Entering into the Serpent
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La gente Chicana tiene tres madres. All three are mediators: Guadalupe, the virgin mother who has not abandoned us, la Chingada (Malinche), the raped mother whom we have abandoned, and la Llorona, the mother who seeks her lost children and is a combination of the other two.
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Coatlalopeuh (The Virgin of Guadalupe) Quotes in Borderlands / La Frontera
The Borderlands / La Frontera quotes below are all either spoken by Coatlalopeuh (The Virgin of Guadalupe) or refer to Coatlalopeuh (The Virgin of Guadalupe). For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Part 1, Section 3: Entering into the Serpent
Quotes
La gente Chicana tiene tres madres. All three are mediators: Guadalupe, the virgin mother who has not abandoned us, la Chingada (Malinche), the raped mother whom we have abandoned, and la Llorona, the mother who seeks her lost children and is a combination of the other two.
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