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La Llorona (The Weeping Woman)

La Llorona is a prominent figure in Latin American story-telling traditions. There are many variations. An indigenous woman takes a Spaniard as her husband. She bears his children only to be jilted when he decides, for social reasons, to marry a newly-arrived Spanish woman. La Llorona is filled with such grief and rage that she drowns their children in the river. When she realizes what she has done, she drowns herself. La Llorona haunts the country-side (and sometimes urban areas) of Latin America, weeping and crying out for her children. Adults often tell this story to children in order to caution them from being out late at night lest she mistakes them for one of her own missing children. Many adults also fear for their own safety if she should come upon them alone at night.

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Her Burden
Wӓy (I'll Grind Your Bones to Make My Bread)
And Now It Still Murmurs... the First Words
Triste
Nunca Jamas (Viento Fuerte)
Vueltas
Vision Serpent
La Llorona
Sirena I
Sirena II
Vucub Caquix
Visitation (Vision Among Ruins)
Untitled
Kok (Turtle)
Sirena III
Mango
Sirena IV
Cathedral
Sirena V
Arboleda (Green Cathedral)
Sirena VI
Las Tres Hermanas
Roseton
Dragonflies
Bird Lady
La Tatuana
Deep Woods
View From My Window
Calavera Chapina
Las Tres Hermanas II
Sirena VII
Awakening
Ojos Tapados
La Calaca Risueña a la Maruca
La Calaca Verde
Bosque de Verapaz
The Artist