If you grew up anywhere in Latin America, someone told you not to walk near the river at night. This is the real story behind La Llorona — the Weeping Woman — one of the most enduring legends in Mexican and Latin American folklore.
In this video, we go beyond the ghost story to explore where La Llorona actually comes from: her possible roots in the Aztec goddess Cihuacóatl (recorded in the 16th-century Florentine Codex as an omen of the Spanish conquest), her connection to the historical figure La Malinche, and how the legend spread from Mexico into Texas, Guatemala, Ecuador, and Venezuela — changing with every region that told it.
