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La Llorona (weeping woman in English) is a Mexican urban legend (infamous mainly in the Northern part of Mexico). It is said that after it gets dark in Mexico, a ghost of a lady can be seen mainly near the water bodies such as rivers and ponds, crying in search of her children.
It is also said that if any person hears her cries, his bad time will start and whoever approaches her for help was never to be seen again.
It is believed that La Llorona mainly targets children and kills them and their bodies are discovered floating in nearby water bodies.
Story Regarding the Origin of La Llorona
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There is a story regarding the origin of the urban legend of La Llorona
It is said that a beautiful young girl named Maria used to live in a village in Mexico, back during colonial times. She was famous in the whole village for her beauty and the young men of that village were attracted to Maria.
Maria also got many wedding proposals and her parents also insisted to accept any of those proposals, but Maria rejected all of them as she believed that her beauty could attract a wealthy person.
As time passes by she accidentally meets a young man in the market who was the son of a rich ranchero. She fell in love with him as he was wealthy and that young man also fell in love with Maria as Maria was very gorgeous.
Maria proposed to him to marry her which he happily accepted and they got married and after some time they also got 2 children.
But as time passes by Maria's husband got interested in another woman and one day he married that women and left Maria.
Another version of the story suggests that Maria's husband one day left home and never returned and after a long time she caught her husband cheating on him as she saw her husband with another woman on a horse cart and her husband smiled at his children and ignored Maria while passing by.
However, after she founds that her husband cheated on her, she became very sad and also very angry and in that anger, she killed her 2 children by drowning them in a nearby waterbody.
But after she became normal, she realized her sins as she witnessed the bodies of her children floating on water. She also committed suicide as she filled with guilt.
Another version of the story says that she didn't commit suicide. She just died shortly. She was very sad about losing her children.
According to the legend, after her soul appeared before God, God asked Maria where her children were and when she had no answer he punished her for her ultimate sin and then sent her back to earth to search for her children.
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It is also believed that God also cursed her.
Now it is said that La Llorona still roams in search of her children. That's why she targets children the most.
Even though there are plenty of other stories regarding the origin of La Llorona, but this is the most famous story.
Many sightings of La Llorona were reported from different parts of Mexico even in modern time.
A movie named "The Curse of La Llorona" was released in 2019 which was based on this legend.
The urban legend of La Llorona is one of the most famous Mexican urban legends. Not only Mexico this legend is also popular in Latin American countries as well as in the southern part of the United States of America.
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