Every town had the llorona. Suppossedly she drowned her children in the river and then she walked the night looking for them. Let's not forget the chupacabra. Everyone with open land has seen that one. Then my grandmother would tell us about the dance where the most handsome man would dance with all the ladies and when they looked down at his feet he had a chicken claw. Suppossedly it was satan. Then when you saw an unexplained bright light or fire you were suppossed to dig because there was treasure buried there. Geeze you made me think all the way back to mi abuelita that has been deceased about 30 years. We used to love to listen to her stories.
posted by qvo50
over 4 years ago
Hey, would you two share? I love stories, and would sure love to hear the ones you speak of, then I can ask my Mexican friends about them too! I don't know stories from here because of the language thing...
wow qvo, those are some more scary ones.
i know the one about the lady who always gossiped and they said when she died her tongue grew soooo long they could not stuff it back into her mouth.
i know these stories were not true, but when my mom would tell them she told them with such gusto that I believed it. i know that one was a story to teach us not to gossip. I think it worked!
Triana these stories have been told to us through the generations. There is a book written by Sandra Cisneros titled Woman of Hollering Creek based on La Llorona. There are different interpretations dependant on who could make it juicier.
The one about the devil dancing with the women was perhaps a legend as he was always at the local cantina. Maybe the moral was you could not judge a book by it's cover and he was always the most handsome man there that the ladies were dying to dance with.
I am sure I will think of more of them as I contemplate.
posted by qvo50
over 4 years ago
oh yes!! i remember the one that was dancing with the devil...wow, it slowly comes back to me.
i have read Sandra Cisneros book and adored it!!
WOW!!!! These are very cool, thanks!
Does anyone know of los ninos de la tierra? I had a friend years ago who was from New Mexico who told me of these small creatures that lived in the ground and were flesh colored and had the face of a baby and that's why they were called ninos de la tierra. I've done some research and have seen some reference to ninos de la tierra that decribe them as either "potato bugs" or as scorpion-like insects but nothing like what she described to me. Anybody know anything about them? There is a book I read long ago by Rudolfo Anaya titled "Bless Me Ultima". It deals with a lot of the superstitions and legends of the Mexican culture.
I've never heard of the Ninos. I will have to look that one up or ask my mom and dad about that story.
posted by qvo50
over 4 years ago
pablo, never have heard of los ninos de la tierra, but I have read Bless Me Ultima.
...anyone else have any stories to share?
