La Llorona is the story of a woman who has committed such horrific deeds doing her life that her spirit has been trapped here on earth. La Llorona (also known as 'the weeping woman'" is a Mexican myth also told as a spooky bedtime story. After her death she is said to roam the earth tormenting and The stories of La Llorona dates back hundreds of years as a folklore.
This tale was oral for a long time so the story would vary depending who you'd ask. But the most common version goes like this:
Maria, a beautiful, but vain woman who marries a rich man. Maria and her husband have two children, but after a few happy years, their marriage hits a rough patch. He begins to spend less and less time at home, ignoring her but lavishing attention on her children.
One day when Maria was walking with her children she sees her husband with another lady. Furious with what she has seen she throws their children into the river watching as they disappear. It's only then that she suddenly realises what's she's done and is filled with regret.
Maria runs down the river bank, wailing " Ay, mis hijos! " meaning Oh, my children! or Oh, my sons!.
She desperately tries to rescue them but to no avail. Maria then drowns herself - though others say she died of grief and remorse - and is buried in the village the next day.
Of course, that's not the end of the tale. That night the villagers hear someone crying - it's Maria's voice asking "Where are my children?" A figure in a long white robe just like Maria's burial clothes is seen walking along the riverbank.
Some stories say when she arrived at Heaven's gates, she was refused access, banished instead to Purgatory on Earth until she could find her children. She was later dubbed La Llorona meaning the Weeping Woman and is apparently seen near rivers, oceans, and bodies of water always after dark.
(this version of the story I found through an article written by "the mirror"
The La Llorona tale is the one that has been passed on, generation after generation. its a story told around nighttime to scare kids before bedtime.
There are many traditions for keeping the Wailing Woman at bay. In some cultures using crosses, lights and prayers are common when trying to keep children safe. But the 'real' La Llorona doesn't come into your home or car, she doesn't lurk like a zombie, she's a mother in pain - she's a personification of grief.
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