Our Lady of Guadalupe: Virgil Elizondo says the image also had layers of meaning for the indigenous people of Mexico, which contributed to her popularity.[32] Her blue-green mantle was the color reserved for the divine couple Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl;[33] her belt is interpreted as a sign of pregnancy; and a cross-shaped image, symbolizing the cosmos and called nahui-ollin, is inscribed beneath the images sash.[34] She was called mother of maguey,[35] the source of the sacred beverage pulque.[36] Pulque was also known as the milk of the Virgin.[37] The rays of light surrounding her are seen to also represent maguey spines.[35]
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