La
Llorona:
Llorona:
La Llorona is probably the
most iconic Spanish ghost in the world; her legends reaches far and wide and is
still believed till this day. She is known in almost every Latin culture and her tales stretches
back to the beginning of the 1500s.
most iconic Spanish ghost in the world; her legends reaches far and wide and is
still believed till this day. She is known in almost every Latin culture and her tales stretches
back to the beginning of the 1500s.
Due to this, there are many
variations of her legends: some go as far as a goddess – to a woman who saved
Mexico. However, the legends I will tell are the most commonly heard and
believed.
variations of her legends: some go as far as a goddess – to a woman who saved
Mexico. However, the legends I will tell are the most commonly heard and
believed.
Legend:
Legend #1: There was once a
widow with two young children who lived in the poorest section of Juarez,
Mexico; the town across the border from El Paso. She met a man who was rather
wealthy and began a relationship with him. But, unfortunately for her, the man
didn’t want to marry her because she had two children. So, she turned on her
little babes, taking them down to Rio Grande that divides El Paso and Juarez,
and in the dead of night, she stabbed her children and threw them into the
river, where they drowned.
widow with two young children who lived in the poorest section of Juarez,
Mexico; the town across the border from El Paso. She met a man who was rather
wealthy and began a relationship with him. But, unfortunately for her, the man
didn’t want to marry her because she had two children. So, she turned on her
little babes, taking them down to Rio Grande that divides El Paso and Juarez,
and in the dead of night, she stabbed her children and threw them into the
river, where they drowned.
Still wearing her bloody
nightgown, the woman slipped through the night to her lover’s house to show him
that she ridded of their problem but when her lover saw her at his door and
soaked in blood, he was horrified. He rejected her.
nightgown, the woman slipped through the night to her lover’s house to show him
that she ridded of their problem but when her lover saw her at his door and
soaked in blood, he was horrified. He rejected her.
Suddenly realizing what she had
done, she went mad – running back to the river all while screaming and tearing
her hair out from her head. She searched for her poor children but it was too
late.
done, she went mad – running back to the river all while screaming and tearing
her hair out from her head. She searched for her poor children but it was too
late.
There are many variations of how
she came to her end but through this legend, some say she was stabbed and
drowned herself in the same river while others insist she was caught by an
angry mob, killed her for her crime and thrown into the river.
she came to her end but through this legend, some say she was stabbed and
drowned herself in the same river while others insist she was caught by an
angry mob, killed her for her crime and thrown into the river.
Not long after her death though,
people who lived near the spot along Rio Grande where she killed her children,
started to report hearing a horrible wailing in the dead of night.
people who lived near the spot along Rio Grande where she killed her children,
started to report hearing a horrible wailing in the dead of night.
Legend
#2:
#2:
A beautiful woman named Maria
drowns her children in a river as an act of vengeance when she learned her
husband left her for a younger woman. Realizing what she had done, she drowns
herself in the river as well.
drowns her children in a river as an act of vengeance when she learned her
husband left her for a younger woman. Realizing what she had done, she drowns
herself in the river as well.
When she reaches Heaven’s gates,
she is turned away and told that she could only pass if she finds her children.
Now she is forced to wander between the living and the dead, on Earth for all
eternity, searching for her drowned children. While searching for her drowned
children she weeps, that is where she gets her name “La Llorona”
she is turned away and told that she could only pass if she finds her children.
Now she is forced to wander between the living and the dead, on Earth for all
eternity, searching for her drowned children. While searching for her drowned
children she weeps, that is where she gets her name “La Llorona”
After:
The apparition is said to act
without hesitation or mercy – the cruelty she gives depends on the version of
the legend you hear. Others claim that just seeing or hearing her is enough to
be a bad or death omen – much like the Gaelic Banshee, that weeps and screams
just the same.
without hesitation or mercy – the cruelty she gives depends on the version of
the legend you hear. Others claim that just seeing or hearing her is enough to
be a bad or death omen – much like the Gaelic Banshee, that weeps and screams
just the same.
Probably the most gruesome is
the version of the spirit kidnapping wandering children who resemble her
missing children. Before she drowns them, she asks for their forgiveness.
the version of the spirit kidnapping wandering children who resemble her
missing children. Before she drowns them, she asks for their forgiveness.
Sightings:
I could not find many ‘actual’
sightings of her due to the fact that the ones I did find sounded more like a
moral story, or fiction entirely, but what I could find is this: people who do
see her either claim she is extremely beautiful or she has the head or face of
a horse.
sightings of her due to the fact that the ones I did find sounded more like a
moral story, or fiction entirely, but what I could find is this: people who do
see her either claim she is extremely beautiful or she has the head or face of
a horse.
Sightings only really occur at
night or late evening by rivers or lakes, again – much like banshee. What she
cries out can be heard as, “!Ay, Mis Hijos!” or in English, “Oh, my children.”
night or late evening by rivers or lakes, again – much like banshee. What she
cries out can be heard as, “!Ay, Mis Hijos!” or in English, “Oh, my children.”
Real
or not:
or not:
There are many different
versions of the story depending on who tells it and what region it is coming
from, but they all center around a mother’s loss of her children and the
madness of guilt she feels afterwards. To this day, whenever someone drowns in
the Rio Grande, people whisper “La Llorona.”
versions of the story depending on who tells it and what region it is coming
from, but they all center around a mother’s loss of her children and the
madness of guilt she feels afterwards. To this day, whenever someone drowns in
the Rio Grande, people whisper “La Llorona.”
Now I can’t go saying that a
little hysteria is not here. For example; due to border patrol there has been
many drownings in the Rio Grande River from immigrants trying to escape or pass
over but that’s not all to take into account. The cities and villages that dot
the river are also very corrupted and full of criminals – and last but not
least, there are alligators that live on the banks and within the river itself.
little hysteria is not here. For example; due to border patrol there has been
many drownings in the Rio Grande River from immigrants trying to escape or pass
over but that’s not all to take into account. The cities and villages that dot
the river are also very corrupted and full of criminals – and last but not
least, there are alligators that live on the banks and within the river itself.
It is very easy to drown in
rivers as it is, their rushing waters are powerful and hard to maneuver in but
with these events making it suicidal I wouldn’t be surprised by the level of
deaths. I’m not saying, La Llorona is not real – but I wouldn’t blame her for
every drowning that occurs.
rivers as it is, their rushing waters are powerful and hard to maneuver in but
with these events making it suicidal I wouldn’t be surprised by the level of
deaths. I’m not saying, La Llorona is not real – but I wouldn’t blame her for
every drowning that occurs.
Pop
Culture:
Culture:
-Appears
in Grimm: Season 2, Episode 9
in Grimm: Season 2, Episode 9
-Appears
in Supernatural: Season 1, Episode 1
in Supernatural: Season 1, Episode 1
-Appears
in Sleepy Hollow: Season 2, Episode 5
in Sleepy Hollow: Season 2, Episode 5
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Appears in Josh Walker’s 2014 novel, “Luke Coles and the Flower of Chiloe”
Appears in Josh Walker’s 2014 novel, “Luke Coles and the Flower of Chiloe”
-Main
Character in a short comic book, “Love and Rockets,” by Gilbert Hernandez
Character in a short comic book, “Love and Rockets,” by Gilbert Hernandez
-Mentioned
and appears in “El Chavo Del Ocho.” And “Chapulin Colorado.” Both written by
Roberto Gomez Bolanos
and appears in “El Chavo Del Ocho.” And “Chapulin Colorado.” Both written by
Roberto Gomez Bolanos
-Appears
in “La Legenda Del La Llorona”
in “La Legenda Del La Llorona”
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“She turned into La Llorona” By Manic Hispanic
“She turned into La Llorona” By Manic Hispanic
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