Since the time of the conquistadors, the Weeping Woman mythology known as La Llorona has been a part of Hispanic culture in the Southwest.
According to legend, the tall, slim spirit is endowed with long, flowing black hair and inherent attractiveness.
She wanders the streams and rivers in a white gown while sobbing into the night and looking for kids to pull and scream to their deaths in the water.
Many individuals have heard La Llorona sobbing at night along rivers, and her wanderings have expanded as she now follows Hispanic people everywhere they go. Her travels have been followed all throughout the Southwest and even up into Montana on the Yellowstone River’s banks.
Hispanics fear the dark and pass the tradition down from generation to generation because they think the Weeping Woman will always be among them, searching the numerous rivers for her children.
The Wailer
A Mexican legend known as “La Llorona” tells the terrible story of Maria, a lovely woman. When and when this tale originated are unknown. Some claim it occurred in Central Mexico around the time of the Spanish invasion, while others claim it occurred in Mexico City in the middle of the nineteenth century. For hundreds of years, especially during “Dia de los Muertos,” this folktale has been told. Numerous narratives and variants exist for the story, but they ultimately lead to the same conclusion: “La Llorona” murders her children and is sentenced to wander the world for all eternity.
The story revolves on a stunning woman who marries a wild and attractive man after falling in love. They were a happy couple with two kids. Despite their happiness, her spouse finally decides to leave her because he is bored. Maria drowns the kids in the river because she believes that he left her because of the kids. She knows what she’s done as the man continues to reject her. She kills herself after feeling bad about what she did. She is barred from entering paradise and is doomed to spend all of eternity fruitlessly looking for the children. She is known as “La Llorona” because of her unceasing sobbing. “Aaaaaay mis hijos,” she sobs (Oh my children). It is supposed that people who witness her sobbing will perish within a very short period of time. The legend claims that “La Llorona” enjoys kidnapping kids who defy their parents and prowl the streets after dark while searching for her kids.
