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 (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 · The legend of La Llorona, or “The Weeping Woman,” is a deeply rooted tale in Mexican and Southwestern U.S. folklore. Although the origins of the story have been lost to time, La Llorona is consistently described as a sorrowful ghostly figure who wails near bodies of water, mourning her lost children.

2021年10月13日 · In 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

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 · 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, 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.

La Llorona, also known as the Weeping Woman, is a popular ghost story in Mexican and Latin American cultures. The basic storyline tells of a woman who drowns her children in a fit of jealous rage after discovering her husband’s infidelity.