La Llorona
By Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
United States
May 16, 2019 12:30pm CST
Most kids in the southwestern part of the United States have heard of La LLorna, the weeping woman. They are afraid to go out at night because she might grab them and fling them into a river or lake to cause their deaths.
The legend says that La Llorna had two sons. To please men in her life or in anger toward them, she threw her babies into the Rio Grande River, drowning them.
When she realized the terrible thing that she did, she spent the rest of eternity weeping while searching for them.
I stayed close to home after dark so that La Llorna could not catch me.
The legend of La Llorona, Spanish for the Weeping Woman, has been a part of Hispanic culture in the Southwest since the days of the conquistadores.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
17 May 19
Got confused of your content. I know it's a typo error instead of Llorona becomes Llorna. It's a legend to scare the kids. We have so many legends too of heroic acts and deeds, filled with moral.lessons. We emphasize those kind of legends and those that intimidate the kids.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
18 May 19
@akalinus That's what I also learned from my parents. I have developed fear and become careful and obedient.
In school, legends or folkloric tales are for bravery, heroism and full of moral lessons.
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@akalinus (44366)
• United States
18 May 19
@Nakitakona We used to have that in school. Now we have twisted values and kids are learning strange things.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
16 May 19
wow, ne'er heard 'f that tale 'fore. where's i grew'p, 'twas bigfoot. yup, he was gonna get'cha if'n ya wondered too far from home't night.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
16 May 19
@akalinus i live out'n the high plains 'f new mexico, but hail from the deep woods 'f middle tennessee. i dunno, i'd take boulder tossin' to what these folks 'round here do, lol.
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@akalinus (44366)
• United States
16 May 19
@crazyhorseladycx Where do you live? I know bigfoot likes to throw boulders at people's houses. Nice neighbors, huh?
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@JESSY3236 (22246)
• United States
21 May 19
@akalinus the on;y one I know of is Bloody Mary. Of course I never tried the mirror thing. I was too afraid to. My uncle had talked about a ghost walking along some train tracks and he and his friend had tried to see it. But I don't know much about it.
@Shivram59 (50182)
• India
17 May 19
@akalinus A heart touching legend..I liked it.
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@akalinus (44366)
• United States
19 May 19
@Shivram59 I think there are a lot of cruel m-i-ls in India and other places too. I like that story, it shows that there are bad moods everywhere.
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@Shivram59 (50182)
• India
19 May 19
@akalinus Good and bad people are everywhere.The clashes between m-i-ls and d-i-ls are commonplace in our country.I agree with you that bad moods are everywhere.
@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
16 May 19
In my country that leyen is still heard. I personally don't believe it. But who knows? There's a current movie called "The curse of la Llorona" I am planning to see it.
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@akalinus (44366)
• United States
17 May 19
@jvicentevalera How gross. That would scare me. Did he kill anyone else? Did the story keep you close to home at night?
We probably had someone like the Whistler here in the states. There are a lot of killers roaming around but DNA technology is catching some.
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
17 May 19
@akalinus It is a new movie. I guess it came out this month. Yes, there's a leyend of a man called "Silbon" which translates "Whistler" into English. It is the story about a man, who killed his parents, and it is said that he carries his parents bones in a bagful with him. It is also said that he shows up in the Andes, in places where there are mountains, or the contryside in case of the USA. People perceive that he is near by his whistle in the middle of the night, and he is very very tall. :(
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@marguicha (230351)
• Chile
16 May 19
The name is La Llorona, as the link says. There is a beautiful song about her, sung at the movie Frida.
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@marguicha (230351)
• Chile
16 May 19
La Llorona - Chavela Vargas ???a?e? ?a? f?t???af?e? t?? ?e?????a? ?????f?? F???ta ???o _____________________________________ To t?a???d? a?af??eta? s???a pa?...
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@akalinus (44366)
• United States
19 May 19
@marguicha Thank you, will watch it later. It is on my youtube history so I can find it. 
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@LadyDuck (502394)
• Italy
18 May 19
@akalinus I like one that is about a veiled Lady that walks aimlessly near the Sforza Castle (I could see the castle from our windows when I lived in Italy). The legend says that if you are walking in the park around the castle and, all of a sudden, you feel a violet scent, this means that close to you there is the veiled lady. The ghost of a beautiful woman dressed in black and with a veiled face. The men who will look at her will fall in love and they will lose their mind, spending the rest of their life searching for her.
@Shivram59 (50182)
• India
24 May 19
@akalinus I agree with you.Legends teach us invaluable lessons.Each country has it's own legends.
