Detail from a panel of the Codex Laud, a divinatory almanac, part of which depicts the four stages of a womans life as shown by the witch goddess

Detail from a panel of the Codex Laud, a divinatory almanac, part of which depicts the four stages of a womans life as shown by the witch goddess, Top register: Enthroned on the the dead body of a young man, the goddess has turned her powers to destruction and darkness. Mexico. Mixtec style. before 1521. (Photo by Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)