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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 · La Llorona is a legendary figure with various incarnations. Usually translated into English as ‘the wailing woman’, she is often presented as a banshee-type: an apparition of a woman dressed in white, often found by lakes or rivers, sometimes at crossroads, who cries into the night for her lost children, whom she has killed.
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 · A chilling figure from centuries-old Mexican folklore, La Llorona is a malevolent ghost who haunts bodies of water and wails over the children she drowned.
18 gru 2023 · Where did she come from? More importantly, why has her legend endured the test of time? This article seeks to answer these questions and provides an in-depth overview of La Llorona's story and legacy. In particular, it examines the myth's history, origins, and regional variations.
29 paź 2021 · La Llorona, the Weeping Woman, is a spirit that haunts the folklore of Mexico and other Latin American countries. In some versions she’s a ghost, while in others she’s an immortal wanderer, not dead but not really alive either. In all versions, she weeps loudly in the night.
