Death Journal

5-Woman in White

 A Woman in White is a type of or spirit, a supernatural creature, that commonly kidnaps men or even children, after suffering from love issues and committing suicide when alive. They have existed for centuries, and have appeared in Hawaii, Mexico, and the United States, as well. 

They are the spirits of deceased beautiful women, who wear white dresses and kidnap people they interact with. 

When they were alive, they all had children and, when they suffered from a temporal alienation after being rejected or being deceived by the men they loved, they drowned them. Then, they commit suicide and, subsequently, they must spend the rest of eternity on looking for their children, crying and suffering, until they find them 

They roam in rivers and roads, and when they find a man who cheats, they kill them and the men are never seen again. If the man they find does not cheat, they then try to make him cheat by seducing him. They get angry when men refuse to obey them so they attack them while taking their true form. 

Even though they can appear as normal and beautiful women in white dresses, they have another form they hide. Their true form bears resemblance to a corpse, grey skin, sunken eyes, and no lips. Also, their hands become claw-like in this form.  

  The Woman in White could have been taken from La Llorona, a ghost of a woman crying for her dead children from Mexican folklore, that has extended over Latin America's other folklores.   

  La Llorona ("The Weeping Woman") is a popular legend in Mexico, with many versions extant. The basic story tells that La Llorona was a beautiful woman by the name of Maria who killed her children by drowning them in order to be with the man she loved, but was subsequently rejected by him. (He might have been the children's father who had left her for another woman.) Then, after being rejected by her lover, she killed herself. When Maria reached the gates of Heaven, she was asked, "Where are your children?" and she replied, "I don't know, my Lord." She was not permitted to enter heaven until she found her children. She now wanders the Earth for all eternity, searching in vain for her drowned children. Her constant weeping is the reason for her name. In some cases, according to the tale, she will kidnap wandering children who look like her lost children or children who disobey their parents.    

These spirits can manipulate nearby electronics, causing lights to flicker, They can become invisible at will, possess superhuman strength and speed, have the ability to use telekinesis and they can change from a decayed version of themselves to what they appeared as when living.

However, they also have weaknesses as iron. Being hit by an iron object or weapon can make them disappear briefly. Salting and burning their bones will permanently defeat the spirit.