La Muerte

La Muerte is the Ruler and Queen of the Land of Remembered, and is a supporting character in The Book of Life. She is the separated wife of Xibalba and is an ancient immortal goddess of Benevolence, Kindness, Generosity, Purity, Forgiveness, Mercy, Hope, Love, Passion, Light and Death.

She first entered the plot of the film when she and her husband Xibalba made a bet concerning which of the mortals Manolo or Joaquìn would marry Maria.

Appearance
Despite being as old and ancient as time itself, La Muerte retains her vision of youth and radiant beauty. She is made entirely of white sugar candy, with black licorice hair and glowing, multi-colored eyes in shades of gold and red. She wears a red dress decorated with cempasuchil, marigold flowers, with lit white wax candles at the hem of her dress.

She also wears an extremely large, wide-brimmed sombrero bedecked with more lit candles and marigolds (her favorite flower), small skulls, pink-plumed, curly, swirly feathers, and palm leaves.

She also wears a circular gold locket on a choker.

Personality
La Muerte is a kind, truthful, sweet & generous goddess whose belief in the goodness and pureness of mortal-kind stems from her own heart, as well as from that of the departed and deceased mortal people who are now her citizens and subjects. She cares for everyone and anyone, no matter who they are, and will assist anyone who is need of her help, believing humankind to be completely pure. While La Muerte is very forgiving towards those who truly want to repent, she is also well known for her weakness for wagers. The only known bad side to her is when someone (i.e. Xibalba) cheats in wagers and bets, making her angry despite her sweet disposition.