Lady Micte

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 , 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 his daughter every time he could.
==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.
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