The Legend Of — La Llorona

The most common version of the tale tells of a beautiful young woman named who marries a wealthy man. After years of neglect and his eventual infidelity, Maria is consumed by a fit of uncontrollable rage and drowning her two children in a river. Realizing what she has done, she is overcome with grief and either drowns herself or dies of sorrow on the riverbank.

: She typically appears as a tall, thin apparition dressed in a flowing white gown or rebozo (shawl). The Legend of La Llorona

: In some versions, she can appear as a beautiful woman to lure solitary men, only to reveal a skeletal face or a horse's head upon closer contact. The most common version of the tale tells