La Llorona - The Weeping Woman - Mexican - Extra Mythology
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A Mexican ghost story of a woman who, from sadness or madness, does the unthinkable and drowns her two children & then herself. The tale differs from place to place, and from time to time, but one detail is consistent. The Weeping Woman is still out there, wailing and mourning her two boys... and looking for others to join them. If you see a woman in white down by the river, you have to watch out. It could be La Llorona.
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Everyone gansta till u hear "ay mis hijos" late at night.
jaden yuki Me a mexican about to start running
As a grown-ass man I would cry-shit myself in terror if I heard that at night
Mariano Perez me a German deciding to not go to Mexico until I’m 18
@@marianoperezromero3277 get in the truck! We're running away!
@@marianoperezromero3277 no es momento de pensar es momento de CORRER ALV
Me: doesn't do my Spanish homework
La Llorona: so you have chosen death.
@@pablo_giustiniani You dont speak Spanish like that. I really couldnt think of one even though Im fluent in Spanish since its difficult to get a good translation. The best I could do is ¨Has elegido la muerte¨
@@pablo_giustiniani Well In Mexican Spainsh it sounds weird.
the motivation I needed in college spanish
Yeah that’s what people always say “so you have chosen death”
Duolingo: THAT'S MY KILL
EC: "This episode may deal with topics that may be triggering. Viewer discretion is advised"
Mexican moms: *tell this story to every little children*
Also the non-mexican moms😂
Fr
Ha!
If it makes you feel better my Polish Mom did the same with baba yaga, and my Irish American Dad did the same with the Banshee
@@Ayem427 sees “American Dad”
*GOOD MORNING USA*
Every time EC talk about history pr myths related to my country there's a warning at the beginning, as a Mexican I feel so proud lol
I love mexican urban legends, they scare the shit outta me.
Mexicans are intense as hell, it's awesome
@Aldo Gutierrez Velazquez I've been trying to learn more about my parents culture and this helped and it's an interesting story.
@Aldo Gutierrez Velazquez i havent, can u describe it?
@@lindseyfrancesco4 Well our country is giant mass grave, so this myths are very tame compared to the reality
Did anyone else notice La Llorona popping into the background of the trees when he was talking?
Chris Koehler I had to go back to check
I did
Yep at 6:47
And again at the very end
They do that with most dark myths
When I was little my parents would always warn me of la llorona.
Little me ofcourse was terrified.
Old me is touched and feel sad for her and her story.
I'm a grown man, but if I'm crossing a wash at night, you bet your ass I'm sprinting.
Latinx kids: ama, your stories are gonna traumatize me
Latinx moms: jajaja la demonia fue OOOOOOOO
@@That_Lady_Charlie you win lol
@@That_Lady_Charlie I love this comment
Dead me will be sorry for having felt sorry about her.
“NNNOOOOOO you can’t just drown kids that aren’t your dead sons”
La Llorona: Haha kids go *gurgles*
Thats gooooooolllllld
Ha noice
Haven’t found Dad yet, you cant drown Kids, but yeah
So wrong... so good!
Mythical comedy gold!
Legend has it, that if you hear her cry near you, you are safe because she is far away, but if you can barely hear it, you are in trouble because she is right where you are.
Dang, she is so upset that she broke the Doppler Effect.
That’s el cabron
I've heard that same effect regarding the Mananangal in Philippine Demonology. The farther the demon may sound, the closer she is really. Dang, what kind of Jinns do u ppl piss off? 🤔
Hahaha
@@shadmanhasan4205well said
17 year old: takes a swim in a river
La llorona: approaches*
Teenager: Uh... it’s my birthday?
La llorona: Understandable. Have a great day
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She's gives no fuck
Like is explained story has many versions in most she kills men not just boys
I don't think she cares, judging by the legend
@@FermiToll Yeah, as revenge against men with a wandering eye, or just a preemptive strike against single dudes before they can become total dicks.
“She wouldn’t be able to join with her sons in the afterlife until she found the bodies of her sons”
She killed her own sons, I’m pretty sure she’ll have to do a whole lot more than just that to get in
The afterlife is surprisingly lenient, you still might get drowned for not doing your homework though.
@@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462 this is referring to the abrahamic afterlife and since she drowned herself she can't really repent for her actions
Grew up in Southern Arizona. Yes, and I'm Hispanic. I hear Llorona and I go NOPE. If you need me. I won't be here.
God the speech in this one gave me shivers
IKR?
scarier than The Grudge or The Ring
Snarled: wanna hear something *_scary?_*
watch a few videos at night and not get any sleep
ehh, I think the Pricolici one was scarier.
Same same same
@@Flame-rp6yq oh god I refuse to even watch her videos in the day, they scare me so bad
La Llorona's character is drawn in such a cute, but derpy way. (No shade against the artist, I love your work forever and always). It makes me want to go up and hug her and just be like "It's gonna be alright"
It's okay, I did need to study tonight anyway
I just got done studying
_u better get back to it,_ 5:48 _holds no promises_
Same, definitely shouldn't be doing my dual classes, naahhhh
Афанасий Афанасьев or sleep
This tale has been told to me so many times by my family and at 5:03 sent chills up my spine 😰
Made my heart skip a beat
Boy: “who is that crying?”
10 seconds later
Boy: “who are you”
Depression: “oh I’m crying because I have never had a small child to control before”
La llorona: I just watched the last season of the Game of Thrones..
@@cosmicrider5898 damn that's a dragon level burn.
It’s been a long time since I’ve added a child’s face to my collection
@@daniel_sannguyen now that still gives me the chills... fucking caterpillar demon
I remember this story from when I was little it’s great to see someone do it justice
Whoever edited the audio for 5:06
You deserve a raise ffs that scared me
Could you do a series on Queen Isabella of Spain. 🙏
Become a patreon and they might.
I would prefer a series of Charles I of Spain
Richard Ryan is right pay $10 a month
Oooh, too right; that regent had alot going on about her and her kingdom during her reign.
But yeah, as Richard put it, they're more likely to do it if it's a Patreon request I think.
Ay de mí llorona, llorona de azul celeste. Ay de mí llorona, llorona de azul celeste. Y aunque la vida me cueste, llorona. No dejaré de quererte. ¡No dejaré de quererte!
Me subí al pino más alto, llorona, a ver si te divisaba
Me subí al pino más alto, llorona, a ver si te divisaba
Como el pino era tierno, llorona, al verme llorar, lloraba
Como el pino era tierno, llorona, al verme llorar, lloraba
A un santo cristo de hierro, llorona, mis penas le conté yo
A un santo cristo de hierro, llorona, mis penas le conté yo
¿cómo no serían mis penas, llorona, que él santo cristo lloro?
¿cómo no serían mis penas, llorona, que él santo cristo lloro?
What is this?
@@Rustikreign whom are you taking about?
Dos besos llevo en el alma llorona, que no se apartan de mí. Dos besos llevo en el alma llorona, que no se apartan de mí. El último de mi madre, llorona, y el primero que te di. El último de mi madre, llorona, y el primero que te di.
The initial story of murdering the sons to not bear to see them go reminds me of Medea in Greek Mythology.
Perhaps this story could serve as the basis of a sequel to that horrifying tale?
I heard this all the time when I was out in Arizona.
I mostly heard it from my family in western Texas
Sorry that was me and my wife, well keep it down.
This is one of the many versions of the myth of the llorona and I love it. Me encantó la buena representación ❤️
My friends and I go out to the river at night when we are camping,
This video made me think twice
I'm so creeped out my rivers at night, I blame hearing this story on that
Man I still get shivers 20 years after listening this story
I’m about to go to sleep. What a perfect time to watch this!
I'm ashamed to say, I first heard this story from the TV show Grimm, which also featured a Mexican Federale, who was a Were-jaguar
Ayyyyy another Grimm watcher!
Funny enough, I first heard of this story on Supernatural!
Federal.... they dont exist anymore
I’m sorry…what?!?!
I need a hug. This is scary!
Good job on this guys.
*(Offers warm blanket and hot crumpets with butter and jam)* Feeling better now?
@@weldonwin You have failed no simp Simptember
@@omrimoshe3993 Don't care, was being nice. The world is in a sh*t state right now and I feel a duty to do what I can to make it less sh*t
@@omrimoshe3993 *simptember
@@weldonwin Smh
0:24 dont think i dont see that thing behind you 😂😂😂
Also in 6:50
See what?
@@men_del12 how do you not see it? Just look in the background
@@arifemir13 also all over the video
Been digging into paranormal stuff lately, so cool you’re covering this one! Do more!
This is one of my favourite folk legends EVER and i do not know why.
I do not get why this myth needs a warning in the beginning. Almost all myths you present had similarly heavy elements within them, and you did not leave a warning there.
Still nice video :)
Vulnerable times are upon us. Maybe that's why
maybe they will start placing these warnings from now on, who knows
While I totally agree this not as... horrifying as having the daughter of a king, that was nothing but kind to your people, murdered, skinned and parading a young boy "dressed" with her skin in from of him (hi there Aztecs!), my guess is that:
a) They got some complains about the other myths
b) Maria's situation and crime are away more realistic and common
c) This are very difficult times for many people around the world, and mental health issues skyrocketed in the last few months
Most of these myths take place in a nebulous past, a mythic age which never really existed. But this one is much more present and is an actual superstition that many people hold in the present day.
Just because you guys don’t need a warning doesn’t mean there aren’t people who do. It’s less than 10 seconds, it literally hurts nobody to include.
Today its also independence day in Mexico! Woo hoo, also it would have been lovely to mention all the beautiful songs and poems about her, the myth also says that she also kills man by disguising herself as a beautiful woman to hypnotize them into drowning, since they remind her of her husband.
FINALLY
As a little side note, in some versions of the tale the volume of her cries determines how far away is she but in reverse. So if you hear her out loud she is far away, but the lower the sound, the closer she is; until you hear nothing.
5:04 Scared me enough..
Interestingly, despite being born on México, the myth of La Llorona has permutated to almost every Latin American Country. Even here in Chile we have our own version of her, and we are hundreds of kilometers from Mexico.
I am from Venezuela and find this always scary, please add "The Silbon" Colombia and Venezuela folk to the list
I have heard that is quite the scary shit that guy! Thanks Dross!
When I was little, I was told that La Llorona would appear at night in certain places... the problem is that "those places" were everywhere my relatives lived, and they live through all over Mexico, so even as I was little I was... skeptical that this "ghost" would appear all over Mexico and coincidentally where my relatives lived... I was still scared of the dark, so it was just the same, TBH.
Considering I know La Llorona as a Venezuelan spooky story, well... either that woman is really searching ALL the rivers she can, or there are too many murderous mothers full of regret for their deed in the world.
@@jesuscoutofandino6280 I hope is not the second one. Or the first one really.
This sounds familiar. Reminds me off carts and robbery for some reason.
corpse bride or am i not hitting anything close to the answer?
I was thinking the Rusalka but that’s a good guess
This is a story that my mom told me growing up and her mom told her, but the details are quite different! It’s cool to hear another version!
There’s a Venezuelan legend called El Silbon which is quite interesting, and i highly recommend you guys to cover it
Oh hey, it's my girl La Llorona! I love that story!
Finally! I've been waiting to hear myths from my home land!
La Llorona reminds me of my online friend who narrated the story to me. I've never been aware nor interested in this lore, nor in lores of other countries aside from Greek/Norse/Egypt until he told me and I basically became so immersed in learning about the lores and myths of many more different countries. Even if you're not with me now Arch, this horrific story of yours will always remind me of you everytime I hear it. Thank you.
As a mexican I find it funny that the few legends about my country that you guys have covered have warnings. When here we tell 10 year olds about it whitout any filter.
In the version my mom would tell Maria already had her sons when she met the man, and he refused to be with her because of the boys so she went and drowned them only find the man already married and threw herself into the river then.
This one is very similar to the one I heard as a kid, good to know I wasn't the only one who heard a version where she already had hear kids.
Honestly an Extra History video about La Malinche would be dope
I think its fascinating that the fairytale monster to scare you away from rivers mostly have a beautiful innocence to them. Like the river cant really be this dangerous right? WRONG!!!!
I heard the story slightly differently; what I was told was that Maria’s sons reminded her of her husband’s betrayal, and she dragged them through the village as they were screaming, and then she went to the river to drown them. That and never went back to husband or confessed because he was already gone. And she drowned herself soon after drowning her sons.
Fastest clicker in the west
The Extra Mythology opening about what a Myth is ,makes me think about two well known English tales that would fit, King Arthur and Robin Hood. Are they real or not evidence says maybe
I'll let you know they are both real as everything that hollywood produces is real.
Nah but on the real tho if they did the Arthurian tales they'd it'd be awesome if they could do the background before leading into the Arthurian myth itself with Camelot and the whole story. I can definitely see them doing that. Idk if they'd do the Robin Hood story as its widely accepted now that its just a story or early play whereas the Arthurian myth is kinda believed and not believed
Just when I just finished watching a video drawing a Pokemon based on this for their Mexico region
When I was a kid it was told to me that la Llorona killed her children to run away with a soldier from the revolution... only for the soldier to run off after she had done it. When she died of grief/killed herself after being abandoned, she wasn't able to enter heaven until she found the souls of her children... who were already in heaven, cursing her to wander the earth looking for them forever.
As I got older and met others from different regions her reasoning for murdering her children changed, but it was always in an attempt to escape a duty, or an unwanted life... and the consequence was always the same: eternal damnation to wander the earth looking for the way to rectify and unfixable mistake.
This is probably the most scariest myth i had ever heard since this channel was created
I think she just wants a hug
Wait, hold up...THIS is the one that gets a warning on the label? Pretty sure prior history and mythology bits covered the same unfriendly topics, to say nothing of conspiracy and genocide. XD
I dunno why, but this one gave me the chills.
Similarity to the Irish Banshee is striking, except in Irish mythology they don't usually murder people (although the American version seems to)
Hermoso huipil llevabas, llorona
Que la Virgen te creí
Hermoso huipil llevabas, llorona
Que la Virgen te creí
Si porque te quiero quieres, llorona
Quieres que te quieres más
Si porque te quiero quieres, llorona
Quieres que te quieres más
Si ya te he dado la vida, llorona
¿Qué más quieres?
¿Quieres más!
de donde sacaste eso?
@@diegokaqui60 son tradicional aunque si nada mas le di ctrl c ctrl al primer resultado
That "Take care of yourself" at the start was a nice touch. Take care of yourselves too.
5:37 man what bad parrents my parrent told me we would be kidnapped and shot those parents are like lolz some ghost woman is going to drown you
Combined with other kids swearing they've heard a women crying by a river... and that scares the shit out of you when you are a kid.
My friend dressed up as her for halloween, it was really fun because I was glad that I wasnt the only one knowing of the myth
My parents would tell me if I didnt do something they would leave me at the river
Me: didn't attend my Spanish lessons
Duolingo:
Please don’t be terrifying, Please don’t be terrifying, Please don’t be terrifying, Please don’t be terrifying, Please don’t be terrifying, Please don’t be terrifying, Please don’t be terrifying, Please don’t be terrifying, Please don’t be terrifying, Please don’t be terrifying, Please don’t be terrifying, Please don’t be terrifying, Please don’t be terrifying, Please don’t be terrifying, Please don’t be terrifying,
Hello my name's Terrifying
I can't take this story seriously😂😂 The face of the ghost woman is so funny😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ahh yes the one story I was told every other week for bedtime or long car drive at night......gotta love it yay...
6:46 anyone see la llorona in the trees?
I do why is she there? For her sons?
@@Solongsocialmedia i don't know... probs just for dramatic effect
Could You do something about Tupi (Brazlian) Mythology?
I know this is supposed to be scary, but hearing this, I feel very sorry for poor Maria.
Instead of being scared, I think “that’s so sad.”
5:05 she may be a ghost but she's also a rapper! Someone make a remix outta Her?
Reason why i say rapper is because i keep replaying this part and its giving me a beat
YES!!! Llorona is a story that is told every camping trip. The first time my brothers were told the story by a family friend they couldn't sleep all night, a core memory indeed!
So basically the La Llorona is a mix between the Ruslka and the Banshee
5:06 mild jumpscare. Should have put that in the warning as well.
Man, I love Mexico. Viva Mexico!
I do love my mythology. 😌
Edit: I was not expecting a story like this. Gives me the chills. 😱
There is actually theories of the story being much older than Spanish colonisation. Within the ancient Mayan text of Popol vuh, it mentions a beautiful woman given as an offering to deceive the god Auilix. The story unfolds as expected and in the great tragedy she changes from "Lady lust" into "Lady weeping". Also, one of the 8 omen's that the aztec's wrote about before the conquest of Cortes involved a woman wailing in the darkness "My children, we must leave" and "My children, where will you go?"
Reminds me of the Chara ending from undertake.
Thank you for releasing this story on the Mexican independence day!
Child: *Exists*
*You have startled the witch*
I just started learning spanish a few days ago and now this video came out.
Things don't normally scare me but her cry made me pause the video and read the comments for a few seconds before continuing.
Hello there, person that did same :)
omg i remember the stories of La Llorona from when i wad young
I believe Cortés' maiden wasn't La Llorona, she was called Malinche (after her nahuatl name: Malintzin) or Doña Marina (by the spaniards).
I don't believe we mexicans have ever used La Llorona as that kind of metaphor, but I might be wrong.
I remember actually being scared of this as a kid... good times.
As a mexican-american I appreciate that all of your mexican-themed videos have to have a disclaimer before them :D
Growing up in Mexico we would share la llorona stories at school during lunch break. Lol
Totally using this as a dnd encounter
99 views in 38 seconds, Go home YT, your drunk
TH-cam has drinken too much
“If you font do the dishes, you’ll drown in a river” man the writhing on this show is great
everyone gangsta until the rivers start giggling, has black horses, starts speaking Norwegian, Gaelic, Greek, Latin, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean wailing in Mexican, and fish people, and snakes start coming out
My late uncle came up with a stupid creature to keep me out of the basement. He called it the Sandwich Man, who would take kids who went places they shouldn't (Grandma's basement) and turn them into sandwiches to sell to truckers. (My uncle was a trucker).
I want so much for extra credits to do an episode about El Cadejo.
Yup Im mexican American and this tale is real my grandmother encountered her she was weeping about her children and she Is TERRIFYING and this tale from my childhood is TERRIFYING
Moral, don't make a bad situation worse.
I remember seeing an animated movie of La Llorona in Netflix when I was 14 or 15 that was marketed for kids.
….. I had nightmares for a week of just her wailing & scary face.
As a Mexican Americans I was always told about la llorona and it scared the crap out of me
I think all cultures have a "Kids stay away from the water or a monster will get you" myth. There is La Llorona, the Scottish Kelpie, the Japanese Kappa, the Rusalka from Eastern Europe and many more.
1:24 did you mean, looking for her “children”