It might represent an embrace, and physical demonstrations of affection that involve embracing. It could also represent one’s strength, one’s ability to work.
It might also represent the childlike qualities in anyone.Īrms: The milagro of the arm might represent an arm itself, and some condition associated with it. Young girls or boys: This milagro might represent a male or female child, or a niece or nephew, a grandchild, or any other child. Woman or man’s head: A milagro of the head might represent the man or woman’s mind, spirit, or a condition such a headache. It can also represent any female or male saint. Praying female or male figures: This popular milagro can represent a man or woman, such as a mother, wife, father, husband, or any other man or woman who is perceived as being faithful and fervent, or it might represent the prayers of a man or woman. One practice is to attach the milagro to the frame of the image of a deceased person, in the belief that this might represent the concept that the spirit of that person is watching over us, and helping to defend us from spirits from the land of the dead, or pleading our case before the saints and the angels.īody parts (lungs, ears, kidneys, etc.): Various body parts, such as kidneys, livers, lungs, ears, noses, breasts, lips/mouth as well as the better known arms and legs are usually used when asking for help with a particular ailment of the identified part. The eyes can also represent the concept of watching. Hearts, sacred hearts, hearts with swords: These can represent the human heart, and it might be connected with cares of worries over a heart condition, or the love that one person feels for another.Įyes, double eyes, glasses: The milagro of the eyes is often connected with the popular Mexican saint Santa Lucia, who is depicted with a tray with two eyes on it. (always up for individual interpretation): Typical milagros commonly found and their potential meanings For instance, a curandera - a spiritual healer - might bless a milagro and recommend that the person carry it in her pocketbook or on her person, in order to cure a physical ailment or to ward off evil, or bring about a change of fortune. People also might carry a milagro with them in order to get its benefit. These milagros are typically pinned to some object of devotion in the shrine, and often a small prayer of thanks is added, written of a piece of paper.
This where a person will ask a favor a saint, and then, in order to repay the saint after the favor has been granted, one must make a pilgrimage to the shrine of that saint, and take a milagro and leave it there. In Mexico, the use of milagros is connected with an institution known as the manda. Ranging in size from less than 1/2 inch to several inches, they are as unique as the cultures that produce them. They are also carried for protection and good luck. In the not too distant past, these small charms, often depicting arms, legs, praying people, farm animals and a wide range of other subjects were typically nailed or pinned to crosses or wooden statues of various saints like the Virgin Mary or Christ, sacred objects, pinned on the clothing of saint statues, or hung with little red ribbons or threads from altars and shrines. "Milagros are small metal religious charms. This article was written by Marianne Carlson of the Feria Maestros del Arte held every year in mid-November in Ajijic, Mexico. This is one of the premier folk art fairs of Mexico and is definitely worth the trip!
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