Christopher Rodate grew up hearing ghost stories, and turned them into a book, La Llorona: Ghost Stories of the Southwest. Credit: Courtesy photo While Christopher Rodarte’s students at Sam Hughes ...
La Llorona (Latin American Spanish: [la ʝoˈɾona]; 'the Crying Woman, the Weeping Woman, the Wailer') is a vengeful ghost in Hispanic American 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.
The 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 days of the conquistadores. The tall, thin spirit is said to be blessed with natural beauty and long flowing black hair.
La Llorona – Weeping Woman of the Southwest - Legends of America
La Llorona is often closely associated with children. In some stories, she is said to wail for her own lost or dead children; in many of these stories, she killed her own children when she was alive and is doomed for her actions to be a wandering ghost.
A chilling figure from centuries-old Mexican folklore, La Llorona is a malevolent ghost who haunts bodies of water and wails over the children she drowned.
La Llorona, Spanish for "the Weeping Woman," is a mythical, vicious ghost of Hispanic-American origin, said to wander coasts and waterfronts mourning her children she drowned.
insider.si.edu: Mexican ghost tales of the Southwest : stories and illustrations / by Alfred Avila ; compiled by Kat Avila
Mexican ghost tales of the Southwest : stories and illustrations / by Alfred Avila ; compiled by Kat Avila