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Singular Fenomeno. El Nino Sin Craneo En La Villa De Guadalupe., Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, José Guadalupe Posada

Marian Broadsides from Mexico

An engraving on the top of the recto shows a small figure sleeping on his side. According to the description in the text below, the child is depicted with eyes on his forehead and the body of a monkey, including a tail.

The text describes a stillbirth to a woman named Agapita. According to the story, the child was born with fetal anomalies including eyes in his forehead and a vestigial tail, though the title of the broadside states that the child was born without a skull. Agapita and others believe the child looks like a monkey and locals believe …

Sorprendente Milagro. Segunda Aparicion De Nuestra Senora La Virgen Santisima De Guadalupe, Entre La Hacienda De La Lecheria Y San Martin., Lmprenta De Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

Marian Broadsides from Mexico

Illustrator: Jose Guadalupe Posada

Come, all believers,

And adore with blind faith,

The Queen of the Heavens

Found in a maguey.