What is the Aztec myth la llorona?

Answer 1

Once there was a widow who wished to marry a rich nobleman. However, the nobleman did not want to raise another man's children and he dismissed her. The widow was determined to have the nobleman for her own, so the widow drowned her children to be free of them. When she told the nobleman what she had done, he was horrified and would have nothing more to do with her. As she left him, the widow was overcome by the terrible crime she had committed and went to the river, looking for her children. But they were gone. She drowned herself and her spirit was condemned to wander the waterways, weeping and searching for her children until the end of time.

Answer 2

La llorona is a famous legend in Mexican folklore about a ghostly woman who roams the streets at night wailing for her lost children. According to the myth, she drowned her children in a fit of madness and is now cursed to wander for eternity searching for them. The story is often used to warn children to behave and listen to their parents, or else la llorona may come for them too.