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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.
"La Llorona" is Spanish for "The Weeping Woman" and is a popular legend in all Spanish-speaking cultures in the colonies of the Americas, with many versions extant. The basic story is that La Llorona was a beautiful woman who killed her children to be with the man that she loved and was subsequently rejected by him.
Stone statue of Cihuacōātl, showing her framed by the mouth of a serpent, holding an ear of maize in her left hand. Cihuacōātl [a] was one of a number of motherhood and fertility goddesses [b] [1] in Aztec mythology. She was sometimes known as Quilaztli. [2]
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La Llorona, a Latin American legend La Llorona, a Guatemalan film also known as The Weeping Woman; The Weeping Woman, a 1937 painting by Pablo Picasso; A Woman Weeping, a 1644 painting by Rembrandt or a student of his; Weeping Woman and Mask of a Weeping Woman, 1885 sculptures by Auguste Rodin
Jayro Bustamante's acclaimed 'La Llorona' reclaims a celebrated ghost story to expose the atrocities of Efraín Ríos Montt's military dictatorship in Guatemala.
La Llorona (Latin America) – Death spirit associated with drowning; Lamassu (Akkadian and Sumerian) – Protective spirit with the form of a winged bull or human-headed lion; Lambton Worm – Giant worm; Lamia – Child-devouring monster; Lamiak – Water spirit with duck-like feet
"La Llorona" (lit. "The weeping woman") is a Mexican folk song derived from the legend of La Llorona.There are many versions of the song. Its origins are obscure, but, around 1941, composer Andres Henestrosa mentioned hearing the song in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
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