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La Llorona (Latin American Spanish: [la ʝoˈɾona]; 'the Crying Woman, the Weeping Woman, the Wailer') is a vengeful ghost in Mexican folklore who is said to roam near bodies of water mourning her children whom she drowned in a jealous rage after discovering her husband was unfaithful to her.
La Llorona, a mythological woman in Mexican and Latin American oral tradition whose siren-like wails are said to lure adults and children to their untimely deaths. The legend of La Llorona is a popular ghost story that is especially prominent on Día de los Muertos and in Chicano and Latin American.
31 paź 2017 · A Mexican woman, Juana Léija, attempted to kill her seven children by throwing them into the Buffalo Bayou in Houston, Texas in 1986. A victim of domestic violence, she was apparently trying to end her suffering and that of her children, two of whom died. During an interview Léija declared that she was La Llorona.
The legend of La Llorona (pronounced “LAH yoh ROH nah”), Spanish for the Weeping Woman, has been a part of the Southwest’s Hispanic culture since the conquistadores’ days. The tall, thin spirit is said to be blessed with natural beauty and long flowing black hair.
13 paź 2021 · La Llorona typically appears as a malevolent spirit, either a harbinger or a direct cause of misfortune to the living. Sometimes she takes the form of a “dangerous siren,” tempting a solitary male late at night by confronting him as a pitiful, woebegone figure hidden under a rebozo.
21 wrz 2024 · The legend of La Llorona, or “The Weeping Woman,” is a deeply rooted tale in Mexican and Southwestern U.S. folklore. Although the origins of the story have been lost to time, La Llorona is consistently described as a sorrowful ghostly figure who wails near bodies of water, mourning her lost children.
La Llorona, also known as the Weeping Woman, is a popular ghost story in Mexican and Latin American cultures. The basic storyline tells of a woman who drowns her children in a fit of jealous rage after discovering her husband’s infidelity.
