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  2. Folktales of Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Mexico has a variety of cultures which came from European and Mesoamerican cultures. This mix of cultures leads to the creation of traditional tales and narrations better known as myths and legends. This mix of cultures leads to the creation of traditional tales and narrations better known as myths and legends.

  3. Aztec mythology - Wikipedia

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    According to legend, the various groups who became the Aztecs arrived from the North into the Anahuac valley around Lake Texcoco. The location of this valley and lake of destination is clear – it is the heart of modern Mexico City – but little can be known with certainty about the origin of the Aztec. There are different accounts of their ...

  4. Category:Mexican legends - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Mexican legends, i.e. "La Llorona," "The Knotted Rope," "The Devil's Plains," "The Street of the Burnt Woman," "The Street of the Dead," "The Street of Don Juan Manuel: A Legend of the City of Mexico." See Also:Category:Mexican mythology

  5. Category:Mexican folklore - Wikipedia

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    Mexican legends (2 C, 7 P ... Dogs in Mesoamerican folklore and myth; Duende; E. ... House of the Count De la Torre Cosío y la Cortina, Mexico City; Huay Chivo;

  6. Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl - Wikipedia

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    The most popular legend about Iztaccíhuatl and Popocatépetl comes from the ancient Nahuas. [citation needed] As it comes from an oral tradition, there are many versions of the same story, along with poems and songs telling this story: Many years before conquistador Hernán Cortés came to Mexico, the Aztecs lived in Tenochtitlan, today's ...

  7. Ghosts in Mexican culture - Wikipedia

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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.

  8. La Llorona - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Category:Mexican mythology - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Mexican mythology" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Alicante (mythology)