MrRING
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The Weeping Woman ghost who wanderes the streets at night crying out for her murdered children... I've always thought this was an interesting folk tale. But is it truth as well, or at least based on an ancient political occurance? This site:
La Llorona, The Crying Woman
indicates that the story is that of La Malianche, a woman who helped Cortez in his destruction of the Mayan culture. It also, if you look down the timeline lone enough, ties the story into weeping Virgin statues. And there is also a place where believers write down their encounters with the Sad Lady...
From the timeline:
1519
Hernan Cortés, the Spanish conquistador, sails from Cuba to what is now known as Mexico. The natives of Mexico believe the Spaniards to be fair-skinned gods. Shortly after arriving, La Malinche is given to Cortés and quickly learns to speak Castillian Spanish. She is placed in a central role as Cortés' translator and mistress.
La Malinche, now called Marina among the Spanish, translates for Cortés in his meeting with the Aztec leader Moctezuma. After claiming to be friends and gaining access to the villages, Cortés and his men massacre the inhabitants. One of the main goals is to impose Catholicism.
circa 1521
La Malinche gives birth to two twin boys by Cortés.
Cortés continues his conquests. The King and Queen of Spain, fearing that Cortés has betrayed them and is building his own empire, repeatedly ask him to return to Spain. He refuses, saying that if he leaves they will lose their new territories. The King and Queen send a beautiful Spanish lady to convince him to return.
circa 1522
The Spanish Lady seduces Cortés and convinces him to return to Spain with his two sons. Cortés tells La Malinche of his decision to return with his children and to leave her behind.
La Malinche, now realizing the role she has played in helping Cortés massacre her people, prays to her gods for help. One of her gods appears to her and says, "If you let him take your children, one of them will return and destroy your people."
The night before Cortés' departure, La Malinche escapes with the babies. Cortés' soldiers soon discover her absence and set out after her. Upon arriving at the lake that Mexico City now rests on, the soldiers surround La Malinche. Just when they are at the brink of capturing her, she pulls out a dagger and stabs her babies in the heart, dropping their lifeless bodies into the water. La Malinche lets out a heart-wrenching cry, "Oh, hijos mios." (Oh, my children.)
circa 1530
La Malinche dies. Up to the time of her death she is seen and heard near the lake weeping and wailing for her children. She is given the name "La Llorona," the weeping woman.
La Llorona, The Crying Woman
indicates that the story is that of La Malianche, a woman who helped Cortez in his destruction of the Mayan culture. It also, if you look down the timeline lone enough, ties the story into weeping Virgin statues. And there is also a place where believers write down their encounters with the Sad Lady...
From the timeline:
1519
Hernan Cortés, the Spanish conquistador, sails from Cuba to what is now known as Mexico. The natives of Mexico believe the Spaniards to be fair-skinned gods. Shortly after arriving, La Malinche is given to Cortés and quickly learns to speak Castillian Spanish. She is placed in a central role as Cortés' translator and mistress.
La Malinche, now called Marina among the Spanish, translates for Cortés in his meeting with the Aztec leader Moctezuma. After claiming to be friends and gaining access to the villages, Cortés and his men massacre the inhabitants. One of the main goals is to impose Catholicism.
circa 1521
La Malinche gives birth to two twin boys by Cortés.
Cortés continues his conquests. The King and Queen of Spain, fearing that Cortés has betrayed them and is building his own empire, repeatedly ask him to return to Spain. He refuses, saying that if he leaves they will lose their new territories. The King and Queen send a beautiful Spanish lady to convince him to return.
circa 1522
The Spanish Lady seduces Cortés and convinces him to return to Spain with his two sons. Cortés tells La Malinche of his decision to return with his children and to leave her behind.
La Malinche, now realizing the role she has played in helping Cortés massacre her people, prays to her gods for help. One of her gods appears to her and says, "If you let him take your children, one of them will return and destroy your people."
The night before Cortés' departure, La Malinche escapes with the babies. Cortés' soldiers soon discover her absence and set out after her. Upon arriving at the lake that Mexico City now rests on, the soldiers surround La Malinche. Just when they are at the brink of capturing her, she pulls out a dagger and stabs her babies in the heart, dropping their lifeless bodies into the water. La Malinche lets out a heart-wrenching cry, "Oh, hijos mios." (Oh, my children.)
circa 1530
La Malinche dies. Up to the time of her death she is seen and heard near the lake weeping and wailing for her children. She is given the name "La Llorona," the weeping woman.