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Show Name: Unraveling the Unknown
Episode Title: La Llorona
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In this episode of Unraveling the Unknown, the Podcast we will discuss: La Llorona
Story
In Mexico City, around 1550, a woman gave birth to two children of a man she was arranged to marry.
the woman caught her husband having an affair with someone else.
One day soon after she went with her children by the riverbank near her house.
her children playing in the river reminded her of her husband's betrayal.
she rushed into the river, pushing the small heads in front of her down until they were submerged in water, drowning the happiness of the man who had stabbed out her heart.
she was filled with regret and sorrow
She held their floating bodies in her arms and wept for her lost children.
she then drowned herself in the river.
Today in her regret, the ghost of La Llorona- “the weeping woman”- haunts children, always by the dark of night, looking for children to keep with her forever.
Origin
Now we'll take a short break but stay tuned for what secrets will be revealed about La Llorona and classified information next
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Welcome back, get excited to unravel this ghost spirt.
La Llorona is a mythological woman throughout Mexican and Latin American stories. La Llorona is a popular ghost story that is said to be about a siren-like woman who wails to lure adults and children to their imident deaths.
La Llorona was once a beautiful woman named Maria who had a husband who was unfaithful and abusive towards Maria.
In another retelling they say that her husband left Maria for a wealthier woman, and out of jealousy and anger, she lured her two sons to a nearby river and drowned them.
After realizing what she had done she then drowned herself.
In another version, she neglected sons who drowned accidently while she was talking and distracted talking with gentlemen callers.
Maria’s ghost, now La Llorona, is wandering the Earth searching for her lost sons, and she has a distinct wailing cry, “My sons! My Sons! Where are my Sons?”
The rumor has it that she appears when children misbehave or when lost men are alone by a lake or river. She appears as mothers and steals their children, mistaking them for her two lost sons.
La Llorona is described to have long hair, dressed entirely in black or white or having the bones of her dead children embedded in her backbone. She is normally associated with water. You should avoid encountering La Llorona at all costs. If you even hear her cries you are destined for misfortune or death.
People do not know exactly where her tale originated from. Some say it originated in Mexico and others say it traveled through oral tradition from Spain.
La Llorona also known as the crying women is a mexican legend that is at least 500 years old.
La Llorona possesses great powers, both to create life and to destroy life.
Discussion
How believable is La Llorona on a scale from 1-10? 1 being not believable 10 being super real.
Do you believe in ghosts?
Have you ever seen a ghost?
La Llornoa serves as a symbol of loss, grief, and the consequences of one’s actions.
Did you know that if you see a person with a La Llorona tattoo that is signifies that the person has gotten cheated on.
La Llorona’s narrative is passed down through the centuries as a reminder that our voices are being listened to and acknowledged. She is not only a reflection of our innermost fears, but she is the living and breathing proof that we can overcome our fears as well.
Thank you for tuning into this weeks episode about a famous ghost
Next week we will be discussing a hairy creature that howls at the moon.
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Music Credits:
Missing Persons by Jeremy Blake
Dead Wrong by Jeremy Blake
Devil’s Organ by Jimena Contreras
Frightmare by Jimena Contreras
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