La Llorona | search
Click here to view La Llorona news from 60+ newspapers.
Bookmark or Share- La Llorona: An Introduction to the Weeping WomanIn Latin America, in Spanish-speaking communities in the U.S., and especially in Mexico, no ghost story is told as often, discussed as enthusiastically, or interpreted as widely, as the legend of La Llorona. With this introduction, AFC kicks off a short series of blogs on La Llorona stories and songs between now and Día de Muertos
- La Llorona, The 'Weeping Woman' Who Drowned Her Own ChildrenBy Gina Dimuro | Edited By Austin Harvey. Published September 10, 2022. Updated September 21, 2022. According to Mexican legend, La Llorona is the ghost of a mother who killed her children — and causes grave misfortune to all near her. Patricio Lujan was a young boy in New Mexico in the 1930s when a normal day with his family in Santa Fe was ...
- La Llorona - WikipediaLa Llorona (Latin American Spanish: [la ʝoˈɾona]; ' the Crying 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. Whoever hears her crying either suffers misfortune or death and ...
- The Curse of La Llorona - Vanity FairApril 19, 2019. ©Warner Bros/Everett Collection. Generations of Mexican children have grown up afraid of La Llorona—a wailing woman whose misdeeds in life have left her spirit trapped on...
- La Llorona – Weeping Woman of the Southwest – Legends of AmericaThe legend of La Llorona (pronounced “LAH yoh ROH nah”), Spanish for the Weeping Woman, has been a part of the Southwest’s Hispanic culture since the conquistadores’ days. The tall, thin spirit is said to be blessed with natural beauty and long flowing black hair.
More
