| “ | Maya: Mama! Mama, no. Not you too. Micte: Maya, listen to me. Make his sacrifice count. [Maya kisses her mother] Maya: What is that? Micte: His venom. Mi niña, I'm at peace. Death comes for all of us, even for death herself. Maya: No. Hold on, Mama. Por favor. Micte: I'm so glad I got to see you grow and shine. Maya: Mama, don't go. |
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| ~ Micte comforting her daughter before dying. |
Lady Micte is a major character in the Netflix animated series Maya and the Three. She is the goddess of death and the wife of Lord Mictlan the god of war and the mother of the protagonist Maya.
She was previously an ambitious and power-hungry goddess but after having her daughter with King Teca, she redeemed herself and decided to do everything she could to help her daughter Maya stop Mictlan.
She was portrayed by Kate del Castillo, who played La Muerte in The Book Of Life.
Biography[]
Micte was originally a power-hungry goddess and that is why she wanted to marry the most powerful god of all, Lord Mictlan, the proclaimed god of war. Candlemaker was in charge of marrying them, where her sister La Muerte and Xibalba, Mictlan's brother, also attended. Over time, Mictle realized that Mictlan was going to betray her in order to become stronger and that is why she decided to have a human daughter with King Teca, knowing that this daughter could end Mictlan.
9 months after Maya's birth, Micte presented her to Mictlan with the excuse that he could sacrifice her. Mictlan, delighted with the idea, was about to do so but Micte stopped him saying that he could increase her power if she reached a certain number of years. , specifically 15 years old, that's why Micte took her to the human world, saddened by abandoning her, he took her to her biological father and King Teca and his wife decided to raise her, but nevertheless Micte decided to secretly visit her daughter every time she could.
15 years later, Mictlan sent his messenger Prince Zatz to inform the Teca army about Maya's origin and to be able to claim her as his own. Mictlan was in the underworld next to her husband while listening to Zatz about his report.
After Mictlan massacred the Teca army, he sent Zatz and Acat to look for Maya to bring her to him, there Micte only reminded the 2 that they had to bring her alive so that she could be sacrificed.
Acat returned to the underworld failed, informing Mictlan that Maya escaped and Micte asked her where Zatz was and Acat lied saying that she didn't know, then Mictlan kills Acat by eating her heart and Micte and Camazotz watch the act in terror.
After Maya and the 3 warriors went to the underworld to face Mictlan, Micte just watched as Mictlan fought with them, at one point she intervenes and helps them escape when Maya is almost sacrificed, she turns into a giant owl and decides to take them back to the surface, unfortunately Picchu sacrifices himself so they can escape.
Quotes[]
| “ | Maya: Lady Micte? Chimi: The goddess of death? The goddess of death! Please, I beg you, can you introduce me to my mother? Micte: In time, yes, Chimi. |
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| ~ Micte promising Chimi that he would introduce her to her mother. |
| “ | Micte: Maya? [Maya gives an apple to Micte] Maya: Thank you, mija. Maya: You don't get to call me that. Micte: Perdon. You're right. Where are your friends? Maya: I sent them away to warn their kingdoms that your husband is coming to kill them. One friend dying for me is one too many. I can't lose another one. Micte: I felt Picchu's death. For him.. Maya: No me toques. Micte: For him, it was not a loss. It was a triumph. |
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| ~ Micte comforting Maya about Picchu's death. |
| “ | Maya: You... Why? Why'd you save me? Why the change of heart? You hated me. You wanted me dead. Micte: Long ago, when i was a young goddess.. all i cared about was power. That is why i married the mightiest god of all. Maya: Lord Mictlan. Micte: He become drunk with power. I knew it was just a matter of time before he turned on me. Maya: You did? Micte: That is when i discovered the god who sacrificed a half human, half god of death, would become the most powerful god in the underworld. So I gave birth to you. Maya: So you can sacrifice me? Micte: No se, Maya. But death itself grew a heart. And from the moment I first held you in my arms, you became all that mattered to me. I had created a life. You. It changed me forever. Maya: But you were never there. Micte: I was there. I risked everything to visit you, every year on your day of birth. Maya: Que? [Micte sings a song to show Maya that she was always with her] Micte: I couldn't let Lord Mictlan know I was coming to see you. Maya: Oh, Mama. Micte: I'm so sorry, mija. I will always be by your side. Always. |
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| ~ Micte telling Maya the story of how she had her. |
Skills and Abilities[]
- Immortality: Micte, like all gods, has immortality, which is why she cannot die of old age or illness, but it is still seen that she has the ability to die just like everyone else, even if she is the same goddess of death.
- Magic: Micte could use magic although in the end her magic was unique and showed itself in different ways such as when she could make flowers appear out of nowhere so she could get relief.
- Shapeshifting: Micte had the ability to change shape, she could transform into a giant owl, a common war or a villager (a way in which she could visit her daughter, apparently he used this power visibly to change his eyes from normal to a phosphorescent yellow.
- Necromancy: Micte could manifest the souls of the non-living in the human world, thus he was able to manifest the souls of Picchu and Maya's brothers in order to help her.
- Telequinesis: Micte seemed to have a certain level of telekinesis, as seen when he moved a weapon with his hand so that Chimi could stab Mictla in the back.
- Levitation: Micte has the ability to levitate at will as seen when he entered the main room in the underworld.
- Expert Combatant: Micte had marked fighting skills with the spear, as seen in the final battle with Mictlan.
- Expert Liar: Micte was very good at lying, she made Mictlan believe that she wanted to see her daughter die and she managed to manipulate him enough to prevent him from sacrificing her newborn daughter.
Trivia[]
- She is the sister of La Muerte, a character from the book of life and curiously played by the same actress.