What excatly is the stories about cucuy and la llorona ?

Question

What excatly is the stories about cucuy and la llorona ?

Answer 1

I GOT NO IDEA some kind of old storys from south america

Answer 2

you guys forgot to say how la llorone used to cry!!

it goes something like,...

ayyyyyyyyyyyy! mis hiiiiiiiijoooooooooooooooooS!!! aaaaaay mis hijooooooos!!

Answer 3

aww brings back memeries. Well la llorona wa a lady who threw her 2 kids into the river because some reason i cant remember, so she regreted it at the end and now she cant find them, thats y she cries all the time, thus her name, "la llorona. El cucuy is just a baby word for the devil. Lol Love the latin mythology!

Answer 4

la llorona is about a woman named "mary" (no one knows her name)  who wanted to marry the handsomest man around.  her wish came true and they had 3 children 2 boys and a girl   the husband left and only visited the children.  one day he came back with another woman and told the children that he was going to marry her.   "mary" was so angry that she took her 3 children to the river and drowned them all.   after she realized what she did she cried and killed herself.  when the locals found her body they burried it next to the river.  that night they heard a woman crying about her lost children and saw the ghost of "mary".   they always saw her at the river at night crying for her children.  so they named her "la llorona"  (the girl crybaby).  parents tell their children that if they go out at night la llorona will take them to replace her children.    

the cucuy is basically the hispanic version of the boogyman.  he is a small humaniod figure with blood red eyes that resides under the bed or in the closet.  he is basically used for discipline.  his name is  whispered to a child by parents to frighten the child into staying close by and behaving well.   my mom and grandma always told me  Ã¢Â€Âœportate bien o te lleva el cucuy,” which means “behave, or the cucuy will get you.”  

hope this helped