La Llorona - The Weeping Woman in North and South America

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La Llorona ("The Weeping Woman") is a widespread legend in North and South America.

In spite of the fact that some varieties exist, the essential story recounts an excellent lady by the name of Maria who suffocates her children to be with the man that she cherished. The man might not have her, which crushed her. She might not take no for a reply, so she suffocated herself in a lake in Mexico City. Tested at the entryways of paradise as to the whereabouts of her children, she is not allowed to enter the great beyond until she has discovered them.Maria is forced to wander the Earth for all eternity, searching in vain for her drowned offspring, with her constant weeping giving her the name "La Llorona". She is trapped in between the living world and the spirit world.

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In a few renditions of this story and legend, La Llorona will capture meandering kids who look like her missing youngsters, or kids who ignore their folks. Individuals who claim to have seen her say she shows up around evening time or in the late night times from streams or seas in Mexico.Some believe that those who hear the wails of La Llorona are marked for death, similar to the Gaelic banshee legend. She is said to cry, "Ay, mis hijos!" which translates to, "Oh, my children!"

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