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Catrinas, one of the most popular figures of the Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico.. There are extensive and varied beliefs in ghosts in Mexican culture.In Mexico, the beliefs of the Maya, Nahua, Purépecha; and other indigenous groups in a supernatural world has survived and evolved, combined with the Catholic beliefs of the Spanish.
Real de Catorce in Sierra de Catorce, San Luis Potosí: a ghost town founded in 1770 and abandoned in 1920; [107] supposedly the town is haunted. According to legend one of the most active ghosts is an ancient miner known as "El Jergas", a benevolent entity who guides miners to new silver veins. [108]
Mexican ghosts (2 C, 3 P) Mexican legends (2 C, 7 P) Mexican outlaws (1 C, 13 P) Mexican mythology (1 C, 10 P) S. Second French intervention in Mexico (4 C, 23 P)
Statue of La Llorona on an island of Xochimilco, Mexico, 2015. 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 husband was unfaithful to her.
Last summer’s “The Daughter of Doctor Moreau” nodded at H.G. Wells’ classic horror story and subsequent films while telling a female-centered tale of Mexico’s fraught colonial past.
Kate Morgan, a ghost which is said to haunt the Hotel del Coronado in Coronado, California; Minnie Quay, a legendary ghost of Michigan; Old Book is the name given to a ghost or spirit which allegedly haunts a cemetery at Peoria State Hospital in Bartonville, Illinois; Pedro Benedit Horruytiner, colonial governor of Florida. Alleged encounters ...
Pages in category "Mexican ghosts" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Laistrygones – Ancient Greece, also under the names of: Laestrygones; Laistrygonians; Laestrygonians; La Llorona – Central America and the United States; Lamashtu – Mesopotamia; Lamia – Libya; Lampire – Bosnia [citation needed] Langsuir – Malaysia, also under the names of: Langsuyar; Pontianak; Kuntilanak; Leanashe – Ireland ...