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Slide 1:Storytelling and Cultures The legend of the Crying Woman
“La llorona”
Gladys Gahona
September 5, 2009
The Legend of the Crying Woman(La llorona) :The Legend of the Crying Woman(La llorona)
Slide 3:Cihuacoatl Citlalinicue
Snake woman in a skirt of stars
La Malinche and Hernán Cortés :La Malinche and Hernán Cortés
…she pulls out a dagger, stabs her babies in the heart and drops their lifeless bodies into the water :…she pulls out a dagger, stabs her babies in the heart and drops their lifeless bodies into the water
…she murders her children, thus being condemned to look for them through eternal darkness. :…she murders her children, thus being condemned to look for them through eternal darkness.
They say that she can’t be killed and that once you’ve seen her, she’s seen you. :They say that she can’t be killed and that once you’ve seen her, she’s seen you.
… pray :… pray
Thank you :Thank you