La Llorona (Latin American Spanish: [la ʝoˈɾona]; 'the Crying Woman, the Weeping 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 …

La Llorona, a mythological woman in Mexican and Latin American oral tradition whose siren -like wails are said to lure adults and children to their untimely deaths. The legend of La Llorona is a popular ghost story that is especially prominent on Día de los Muertos and in Chicano and Latin American communities.

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 conquistadores’ days. The tall, thin spirit is said to be blessed with natural beauty and long flowing black hair.

2024年9月21日 · 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. By some accounts, La Llorona searches for children to drown in place of her own children, whom she already killed.

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.

2024年7月12日 · La Llorona is a terrifying ghost from Mexican folklore who murders children she mistakes as her own, haunting rivers and waterways in search of her lost children. Parents tell the legend of La Llorona to scare children into behaving and staying safe, using her as a cautionary tale to prevent kids from wandering alone.

2021年10月13日 · La Llorona typically appears as a malevolent spirit, either a harbinger or a direct cause of misfortune to the living. Sometimes she takes the form of a “dangerous siren,” tempting a solitary male late at night by confronting him as a pitiful, woebegone figure hidden under a rebozo.

2023年12月18日 · "La Llorona" (the crying woman) may be the most famous Mexican phantom of all time. Every child in Mexico knows the story of this evil ghost who kidnaps naughty children and drowns them in the river at night.

2023年9月27日 · La Llorona and the Omens. During those fateful days a flood battered Tenochtitlan, and rumors of woman who roamed the street at nighttime whilst weeping spread across the Aztec city. People called her “La Llorona” (The Weeping Woman).

La Llorona, also known as the Weeping Woman, is a popular legend in Mexican and Latin American cultures. The story of La Llorona centers around a woman who drowned her children in a jealous rage after discovering her husband’s infidelity.