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The Salvadoran legend of La Siguanaba says that the woman, originally called Sihuehuet (beautiful woman), was a peasant girl that ascended to queen using her charms (and a witch's brew) to lure into marriage Tlaloc's son, Yeisun, who was a Nahuatl prince.
see Cadejo 1. A supernatural character from Central American and southern Mexican folklore. 2. 2. The tale of the mythical creature with which parents threatened their children not to misbehave. La Mula Herrada (the shod mule) see La Mula Herrada A story of an apparition of a hellish mule accompanied by the dragging sound of a horse shoe. El Bulero (the shoeshine man) see El Bulero The ...
Variants of the Llorona legend are told throughout Mexico and because of the Llorona figure can be pitied and feared at the same time. [15] Throughout all of the versions, the Llorona figure is known as "the white lady" because she wears white. [15] Legends similar to La Llorona include La Malinche and La Xtabay.
Statue of La Llorona on an island of Xochimilco, Mexico, 2015. La Llorona (Latin American Spanish: [la ʝoˈɾona]; ' the Crying Woman, the Weeping Woman, the Wailer ') is a vengeful ghost in Mexican folklore who is said to roam near bodies of water mourning her children whom she drowned in a jealous rage after discovering her husband was unfaithful to her.
Cara Sucia is a Mesoamerican archaeological site on the Pacific coastal plain of western El Salvador.It was occupied for some 1,800 years, and is particularly noted as one of the southeasternmost sites of the Late Classic Cotzumalhuapa culture which extended over much of the Pacific drainage of Guatemala and included part of the Salvadoran departments of Ahuachapán and Sonsonate.
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Trilogia sucia de La Habana, Lulú le dégagé Pedro Juan Gutiérrez (born 27 January 1950, in Matanzas , Cuba ) [ 1 ] is a Cuban novelist . He grew up in Pinar del Río and began to work selling ice cream and newspapers when he was 11 years old.
The Patasola or "single leg" is one of many legends in Colombian folklore about female monsters from the jungle, appearing to male hunters or loggers in the middle of the wilderness when they think about women. The Patasola appears in the form of a beautiful seductive woman, often in the likeness of a loved one, who lures a man away from his ...