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I'm pretty sure La Llorona isn't so much about demonizing female sexuality and oppressing Hispanic women as it is about a creepy child-stealing ghost. Maybe those theories should be in an "alternate interpretations" section or something of the like.

other patatos wouldent want to marrie her and have kids becaus they would think they children looked like p-atatoes
At the beginning of the Spanish conquest, many Indian women were raped by the Spaniards. Many of these women chose to kill their sons, as they would be rejected by both the Spaniards and the native Americans. To avoid this from happening, the Spanish priests created the myth of 'La Llorona' to instill fear in the native women, so that they wouldn't kill their sons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.87.19.194 (talk) 01:11, 15 December 2011 (UTC) Reply
Rubbish. Wiki works off of RS's, not some crazed OR.  Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.111.15.31 (talk) 20:59, 1 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

All of Latin America

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The lede says it is part of Latin American folklore. Is it actually all across the continent? For instance in Chile and Brazil? Or just in Central America? The article should make this clear and I cannot find any sources on it. Ashmoo (talk) 13:11, 12 March 2018 (UTC)Reply

eli says cap  Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.255.8.98 (talk) 18:04, 14 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

The information is incorrect...

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The legend tells of a single mother who left her children unattended on her boat to extinguish the fire in their house. Apparently, the boat drifted away with the children during the time she was desperatelly attempting to extinguish the blaze. It is unknown if the children were asleep, but it was late night so that was very likely. Therefore unintentionally contributing to their downing. The kids bodies where found days later by the river bank. The woman suffered not only the accidental death of her children but also the guilt that came over her, so she lost her mind and began calling out for her children, often wandering during the night. No one knows how she died but after her death, people could still hear her cries in the night searching for her children. Her ghost was thought to carry children away during the night. 2600:4040:750D:DA00:31DE:8BB5:A6BB:35DA (talk) 08:04, 29 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

There are different versions of the story and some movies made. Which one is the story you wrote above? Thinker78 (talk) 20:57, 31 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

Wiki Education assignment: English 1101 033

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Wiki Education assignment: Reading Latine Literature

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Wiki Education assignment: Reading Latinx Literature

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Wiki Education assignment: MXAS 3307 Mexican American Folklore

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"The Mexican Dream" film reference seems dangling.

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The Film section has an image with a reference to "The Mexican Dream", but there is no wikilink and a search does not find an article with that exact or related title. I looked in IMDB and found two possible titles. The better fit was made in 2003 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0340242/ (squaring with the image caption) The image itself is here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Llorona.jpg and claims licensing that I am not sure is valid, it presumably is a copyrighted image since it's purportedly from a film, although it asserts GFL. It's been in Commons since 2009 apparently. I would be inclined to remove the image from the article and nominate the image for deletion over on Commons. Thoughts? ++Lar: t/c 20:30, 11 February 2026 (UTC)Reply