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... La Llorona is a legend believed to have begun in Mexico. There is no one TRUE version of the legend because these folktales are shared generation to generation mostly by word of mouth, which allows for incredible diversity among those who share it. However there are some principles that form a basic plot of the legend. La Llorona was a single woman who had between 2-3 children and she lived in Mexico. ... These principals may appear to be very brief but these are the only constants among the legend. ... Pamela Jones collected several versions of the La Llorona legend. ... Rosa explains that the legend is called La Llorona because the woman was very sad and she would go to the river and cry for the loss of her children. ... Other women stated that maybe the legend was told to frighten young ones from staying out all night and to prevent them from playing near the water. The samples given above lay proof to the fact that there are several different renditions to a popular legend. ... The WIC participants offered more detail to the changing legend than did the opinions offered from the college students from the Jones article. ... Jones says the sharing of the legend “provides an emotional release in a socially acceptable manner”. She believes that the WIC participants modified the legend perhaps to “express their unconscious anxieties about taking care of their own children”. To suggest that the purpose of telling the legend is to remind them of the dangers that can occur when a mother becomes overly consumed with stress of family and housework. ... The moral that I can draw from the legend parallels the attitude of the WIC women. ... I think both are present here in varying degrees depending on the version of the legend you are focusing on. ... La Llorona is a legend believed to have begun in Mexico. There is no one TRUE version of the legend because these folktales are shared generation to generation mostly by word of mouth, which allows for incredible diversity among those who share it. However there are some principles that form a basic plot of the legend. La Llorona was a single woman who had between 2-3 children and she lived in Mexico. ... These principals may appear to be very brief but these are the only constants among the legend. ... Pamela Jones collected several versions of the La Llorona legend. ... Rosa explains that the legend is called La Llorona because the woman was very sad and she would go to the river and cry for the loss of her children. ... Other women stated that maybe the legend was told to frighten young ones from staying out all night and to prevent them from playing near the water.
Approximate Word count = 2264
Approximate Pages = 9.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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