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These stories prove that supernatural horror is not a tradition alien to Spanish American literature but is an interest of a generation of writers. The ghost of King looms over these stories, sometimes like Pennywise, others like an arcane being from the beyond where reality shows coexist with zombies.
Catrinas, one of the most popular figures of the Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico.. There are extensive and varied beliefs in ghosts in Mexican culture.In Mexico, the beliefs of the Maya, Nahua, Purépecha; and other indigenous groups in a supernatural world has survived and evolved, combined with the Catholic beliefs of the Spanish.
Ghosts, however, have a different agenda, says Dillard. “Wherever there’s strong emotional energy, they’re attracted to it because they need a source of energy,” she says.
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.
Coco or Coca. We make use of these words to frighten children, because the inner shell of the Coco has on its outside surface three holes giving it the appearance of a skull. [45] In the first half of the 20th century, the coca was an integral part of festivities like All Souls' Day and the ritual begging of Pão-por-Deus.
The Mound is a horror/science fiction novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written by him as a ghostwriter from December 1929 to January 1930 after he was hired by Zealia Bishop to create a story about a Native American mound which is haunted by a headless ghost. Lovecraft expanded the story into a tale about a mound that conceals a ...
She asks them to tie her shoelace then disappears. Supposedly the ghost was filmed and the video can be seen on YouTube. [39] Also, in 2016, a patrolman reported seeing a ghost in the back of an airplane and recorded it on his phone. Bamer Building in the Historic center of Mexico City: founded in 1953 and was a hotel until the 1990s. [40]