Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 14:49:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ligeia (inebrigoth@yahoo.com)
Subject: la Llorona
To: obiwan@ghosts.org
Hi,
I was just reading your ghost stories FAQ and wanted to share a version of the La Llorona ghost story/urban legend that you have posted. The La Llorona story is one that I have heard before in several versions, always involving a woman of Spanish/Mexican/Hispanic/Latino/Native Amercan heritage. While reading your faq, I made realized that I've read a version of the La Llorona story in which the woman is German.
The story I read was about the haunting of a particular building or palace in Germany (I don't remember which one) where a white lady is supposed to roam. The story of the white lady is that some 400 years ago she was a beautiful widow wtih two small children, & a member of the Royal Court. She and the eldest son of a very important and titled family had fallen in love, but he told her that he could not marry her because there were two pairs of prying eyes constantly watching them. She assumed he ment her two children.
So that night she took a long golden pin and killed both of her children, pushing the pin through the ear and into their brain. When her lover found out, he recoiled in horror, and explained that he was talking about his parents, who didn't approve of their relationship. When she found this out, she went completely insane and killed herself.
Ever after, her spirit roams the palace halls, looking for her children & her lover. That's the story as I heard it. I hope you've enjoyed it. :)
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