"Frida Kahlo frequently adopted a maternal role towards her husband and emphasized that women in general, and "amongst them-I-always want most of all to hold him in their arms like a new-born baby."?The picture contains many elements derived from ancient Mexican mythology: day and night, sun and moon, the earth goddess Cihuacoatl.?the Itzcuintli dog Senor Xolotl, a being in the form of a dog who guards the underworld."