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Stories and legends of Mexico

La Llorona

They say that once in San Luis lived a very beautiful woman. She got married and had two children. It seemed like she lived well with her husband, but some time later she got a lover. When her husband found out, he found that man and killed him. After that he ran away in an unknown direction.

Soon after she had other lovers and was getting sick, like crazy. So she thought that her kids were in her way and that it would be the best for her to kill them.

She was thinking about her idea over and over again, until one night, when it was raining very heavily, she took them to the river and drowned them there.

As soon as she committed the crime she regretted it. Then she definitely lost it. She was walking alone, with no one to talk to, and almost with nothing to eat. She spent the hours just sitting with a frozen look on her face. But the worst days were when it rained. Then she wondered desperately on the shores of the river, screaming and crying for her children. Her wailing was so horrible that it scared the people who heard her.

When this woman died, her soul could not rest. It showed up by the river at night, screaming, crying, wailing for the kids she had killed. Many people say they have heard her.

This story is one of the old Mexican legends that are still very popular in Mexican culture.

Translated from Lilian Scheffler "Cuentos y Leyendas de Mexico" (2006).

The witch wife (to be posted) The following story was gathered by Mieldred Kiemele. It talks about a witch, married to a young man who didn't know about her activities.

From Lilian Scheffler "Cuentos y leyendas de Mexico" (2006) translated by Irina Goundareva (2010)