The influence of "La Llorona"The legend of La Llorona is a myth that developed in Mexico starting in the 1500s and has been told over many generations by Mexico Central and Southern America to US states such as Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas. The story of La Llorona has several versions of its legend, but they continue with the same theme. One version is that La Llorona was an Aztec Indian who drowned her children in a lake and cried ever since because she regretted having drowned them. Another version says that La Llorona was called María (Joe Hayes version) and that she was the most beautiful woman in the world who was looking for the best boyfriend in the world. Years passed and she married the man and then her husband started talking to another woman; Out of jealousy, Maria drowned her two children. Depending on the region of Mexico, the United States, and South America, La Llorona's version may or may not be the same. My focus on La Llorona will be on how the story has changed over the years, whether it still exists in Mexico or not, what other works were influenced by the story, and who the character of La Llorona is and whether she was a real person. It is possible that the story of La Llorona originated in the time of the conquistadors in 1550 and has had importance to Hispanic culture ever since. Although the tale was developed from generation to generation in Mexico and the United States, no one really knows in which century it was created or where the myth originated. The story of the weeping woman that many know is about the spirit of a mother who drowned her children in a river, and because she regretted what she had done, the spirit of the mother passed over rivers and lakes at night in search of... . ...middle of the card ......they will play their versions of La Llorona. The version by Joe Hayes was released, who wrote the legend in a children's book as he heard it as a child, and the version by Alcina Lubitch Domecq was also released, which is much more different from that of Joe Hayes but with the same subject . One of the works that can be compared to the legend is that of the “Boogeyman” since both have to do with scaring young people just as La Llorona is known as the “Boogey Woman” in Mexican folktales. There will be no doubt about La Llorona's existence or whether she ever existed, but there will be the possibility that her character had a lot to do with the Aztec Malinche. Or it is possible that she was influenced by another indigenous woman. The good thing about legends like La Llorona is that you can have the creativity to believe whether it is true or just a common legend..