2007-01-03 14:35:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
La Llorona was an uncommonly beautiful woman of 'low birth' who was deceived by a 'high born' man of low degrees. She bore him several children. When she learned that he planned to leave her for a woman of his own status and take their children, she drowned their children to exact revenge against the man who betrayed her. The Powers That Be condemned La Llorona to forever lament the death of her children near the place of their demise, thus her 'name' which literally means the weeping or wailing woman.
The story is quite old and believed by many to have actually occurred during the times of Colonial Mexico. Now hardly anyone remembers what her true name was, when or where it actually occurred. Parents have been using the story of La Llorona for centuries to warn children away from places of danger, water wells, canals, rivers, lakes or anywhere they can make the children believe is the place where La Llorona drowned her children.
The story is actually a morality tale; women: "Be careful who you fall in love with;" men: "Don't fool around with women you aren't serious about."
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2007-01-03 15:00:10 · answer #1 · answered by H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
La Llorona is a Mexican legend. It is said that there was once a lady that had children with the man she really loves Don Ãuño de Montesclaros, but never married.When she found out that his love married another lady, she, in full rage, killed her children. Now her ghost rounds on the night crying(La Llorona means the crying woman in Spanish)her children.
2007-01-03 22:49:37 · answer #2 · answered by Ballieres 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That story is different in every country. In Venezuela, La Llorona is a leyend of a woman who was married to a very drinking man who liked to have affairs. She discovered that and got so mad that she killed her children and then killed herself. It is said that she appears in the roads of the countryside and asks for a ride to lonely, drunk men. The ones who have seen her, said she looks very beautiful and they cannot resist her. So they offer to take her where she wants to go and once she gets in the car, her face changes into a horrible one (with red eyes and huge teeth). They get so scary that they crush their cars. Then, when they wake up, she´s gone.
2007-01-03 23:22:38 · answer #3 · answered by carolinefec 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's interesting how old the "woman who kills children to punish their father" legend is. It shows up in Euripedes' "Madea," too.
2007-01-04 03:38:14 · answer #4 · answered by Vaughn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.lallorona.com/trailer.html
i thinks it is going to b a movie
2007-01-03 22:52:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋