January 12th, 2007

The Legend of La Llorona

Posted by Breid in Artwork

La-Llorona.jpg

Kipling West suggested that I should paint the image of La Llorona based on an article she found on Neatorama, and I listened to her, although I didn’t expect that it was going to freak me out.

The original legend has many variations, but the one similar theme in all of them is that after a mother drowns her children in a river, she looses her mind, kills herself and continues to walk the banks looking for her lost babies. If by chance, you’re a child and found by “The Weeping Woman”, she will claim you as her own. This other version that Kip sent to me was adapted by homeless children in Florida. It’s similar, but she’s apparently moved on from the river bank.

I’m thinking now that I should probably do Bloody Mary next, another legendary murderess. perhaps I’ll use the image of Queen Mary I for the haunted mirror image…

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  1. Amanda Button said,
    on January 16th, 2007 at 2:27 pm

    oooh, i got chill-bumps! It’s horrifying in the most wonderful way! Really, i had to look away for a while and process it,,,she looks like she is goingto reach right out of the painting! (shivers)
    I can’t wait to see Bloody Mary!!!! Being freaked out is awesome! :D

  2. Amanda Button said,
    on January 16th, 2007 at 2:31 pm

    oh and as a p.s., i remember reading a few years ago an article that Clive Barker was wanting to adapt this myth into a film, having been inspired by the homeless kids in Miami speaking of “Bloody Mary”.
    Old Clive is notorious for his unfinished plans, but wouldn’t that be a great scary movie!!!! I hope he actually makes this one!

  3. Breid said,
    on January 17th, 2007 at 12:38 pm

    Thanks Amanda!

    I wondered after I finished it who might hang this on their wall -it creeps me out, and I painted it!

    While researching the story, I did come across this website about a movie production working on a La Llorona film, though this one seems geared around the original legend as opposed to the homeless children legend. It may also be a trilogy type movie too, my favourite!

  4. cindy said,
    on April 10th, 2007 at 11:02 am

    holy crap! i grew up with the story of la llorona…glad i didn’t have THIS image of her in my head as a kid! LOL! i found your site through the button box! that is pretty cool that they will make a llorona movie….that’ll be a scary one! cool blog!

  5. Anonymous said,
    on May 30th, 2007 at 12:08 pm

    oh my g-unit this is ugly7 so ya take it off eee eh…:???:

  6. Breid said,
    on May 30th, 2007 at 12:16 pm

    Huh?

  7. Simon said,
    on June 3rd, 2007 at 4:13 am

    Hi Breid,

    I love your painting and was hoping I could attach it to an essay I am writing about the 3 fabled women of Mexico: La Llorona, La Guadalupe and La Malinche. I only want to use the image as as illustration, it would be about 2″ on the page.

    I would be happy to email you the essay if you’d be interested to read it, either in English or Spanish but the Spanish version is the more complete..

    Please let me know and a very good job of capturing the chill of La Llorona’s anguish!

    Simon

  8. Breid said,
    on June 4th, 2007 at 11:16 pm

    Of Course you may Simon! And thanks for the compliment. I only ask that I get credit.

    I’d love to read your essay, although I can only read English so English it’ll have to be.

  9. kylene said,
    on September 2nd, 2007 at 12:20 pm

    that was reall y creepy can u give me a link to the artical u based the painting on

  10. kylene said,
    on September 2nd, 2007 at 12:21 pm

    :evil: :evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil:

  11. Breid said,
    on September 2nd, 2007 at 12:37 pm

    Hi Kylene, You can find most of the links on the post itself (they’re hi-lighted in red). but here’s a link that was posted on one of those links incase you missed it.
    http://www.miaminewtimes.com/1997-06-05/news/myths-over-miami/full

    Thanks for your comments everyone! And Cindy, I’m rather glad I didn’t have this image in my head as a child either, although sometimes I think I may have!

  12. daisy said,
    on September 25th, 2007 at 12:55 pm

    this is an ugly pic

  13. Breid said,
    on September 25th, 2007 at 1:16 pm

    Well Daisy, it’s not meant to be pretty, so I suppose I’ve accomplished what I meant to (thank you), although I prefer to call it frightful rather than ugly.

  14. sandra said,
    on September 27th, 2007 at 7:17 am

    :cool: that was really scary that is a scaryyyyyyyy picture.

  15. jose said,
    on October 17th, 2007 at 11:22 am

    :twisted: YALL BE TRIPPIN ON THAT STUPID SHIT ABOUT THE LLORONA SHE FAKE JUST LIKE YALL YALL SHOULD BE SCARED OF US CRIPS THATS WHO YOU SHOULD BE SCARED OF

  16. giggles said,
    on October 24th, 2007 at 10:36 am

    naw dis is true 4 all yall fake talkin stupid dumbasses real talk dont trip tho its all good n gravy:twisted::cool:

  17. maria said,
    on October 24th, 2007 at 10:39 am

    dis pictyre is trippy pero i like it /it looks tight n pimpn !:oops::smile::shock:

  18. morena said,
    on October 24th, 2007 at 10:43 am

    ithink the picture looks ait not that scarry pero it looks good
    . . . . .shout out to all my luvd 1 s n myhomies en la escuela kino
    el capone janet iluv u homegrl n all uotha pimps ikno . . .dont 4 get i love yall ….
    and u love me 2:lol::evil::grin::roll::wink:

  19. morena said,
    on October 24th, 2007 at 10:46 am

    back again 2 say the pic is SEXY!!!!!!!!! or smexy….!!!!
    i luv los chicanos 602 nuka:mrgreen::razz::???::neutral:

  20. morena said,
    on October 24th, 2007 at 11:54 am

    hey capone wachu up ta jk im sitting right next 2 u lol:lol::mrgreen::twisted:

  21. capone said,
    on October 24th, 2007 at 11:57 am

    wats crackin people so wats new that pic iz stupid if u kno wat i mean yall nigs should be afraid of me a true ganster kid u kno

  22. Kipling said,
    on October 24th, 2007 at 3:27 pm

    Wow Bonni, where did all the FAS kids come from?
    PS. Awesome painting.

  23. Luc said,
    on October 25th, 2007 at 7:44 am

    shoutouts to teh LOLpunks!
    Great painting Bonni. Congrats on attracting the bluds and the crips to your blog too.

  24. Reina de Guanajuato said,
    on November 1st, 2007 at 6:22 am

    I’m a true believer i herd her no kidding!straighten up or shes gonna come after all y’all shit talkers!

  25. Awessome said,
    on November 1st, 2007 at 6:25 am

    :cry: yea i dont believe in such things but i believe in the crips! the picture made me wanna cry 4 realz!!

  26. Kiteria said,
    on December 14th, 2007 at 12:04 pm

    Ya I believe in la llorona. I spent a year in mexico with my uncle and my cousin. We all decided to go for a walk down by the river because I like to do that in America. Well we came by this creepy place where there was an abandoned little cabin and it was right next to the river. I was very small at the time and my uncle picked me up and told my cousin to go behind the cabin. He carried me back there and he was peeking behind from the cabin next thing I saw was this women standing there crying right next to the water. she seemed to move into the river very slowely and was just weeping staring down in the water. We stood there for a second and watched her and then in that minute she did a bloody scream by uncle picked me up again and told my cousin to run. He ran carrying me with my cousin beside us. we got away safely but it was the scariest thing I have ever seen in my life. I believe and trust me you dont want to experience it.

    Kiteria

  27. JAX, author of Heart of the Jaguar said,
    on January 13th, 2008 at 9:42 am

    Very nice depiction of the infamous Weeping Woman! I published a fantasy book for young adults (HEART OF THE JAGUAR) last year detailing how the Llorona came to be, and I’m always fascinated by the many different versions there are to describe her origin. In my novel, a young woman discovers that she has an ancient past (which takes place during Aztec times) that links her to the legendary woman and that past helps her overcome her troubled upbringing; thus, portaying the Llorona in a good light. So, according to me, she is a victim of circumstance and somewhat of a hero at best. Thanks for keeping the legend alive. I wish you much success!

    JAX, author of HEART OF THE JAGUAR
    “A Shadow to Call Her Own” Amazon shorts
    “A Bridge to Freedom” and “Grandma’s Recipe” CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE LATINO SOUL

  28. Breid said,
    on January 13th, 2008 at 2:08 pm

    Thanks JAX! I really like your twist on her story and yet you’ve seemed to have kept the original intent of the legend as well. I’m very interested in reading it.

  29. claudia rebolledo said,
    on January 28th, 2008 at 4:43 pm

    Its a really wonderful art pice I have never seen la llorona or heard but all my friends and familly talk about it so its intresting to see what all about the llorona. Good job!!!!!!!! Get down!!

  30. Anonymous said,
    on April 9th, 2008 at 6:13 am

    that is creepy:???:

  31. Anonymous said,
    on April 10th, 2008 at 10:53 am

    :evil: :evil:kill

  32. jason said,
    on April 15th, 2008 at 12:42 pm

    i like thhis

  33. yareni said,
    on April 17th, 2008 at 6:16 am

    THATS REALLY CRIPY

  34. ariel said,
    on May 6th, 2008 at 10:07 am

    :neutral: this iz not that scary but do more better make it look more real!

  35. ??ju ju ju!?? said,
    on May 6th, 2008 at 8:05 pm

    awww that’s a realy sad! :sad: even dow ju csn see her boobs1

  36. shina wan be said,
    on May 8th, 2008 at 6:35 pm

    :shock: I know for a fact that the la llorona is true. every time me and my family go to a stream we hear her crying onsta me ninos” where are my children” watch for her at night when it is super dark.

  37. Carlitos B. said,
    on May 9th, 2008 at 9:34 am

    I know for a fact that La Llorona is true too!! I heard her when I went to my dad’s home town in Michoacan at the river.

  38. jasmine espinoza said,
    on May 11th, 2008 at 6:15 am

    that’s sad but a little scary at the same time.
    i mean that’s sad cause shes looking for her kids.
    but scary cause shes might take u{if u live near or not to far from a river.}sad, sad, sad.

  39. addii_36 said,
    on May 14th, 2008 at 8:47 am

    hey breid
    This pic is really scarry i also growed up with the legend of the llorona…..
    my mom said that when she was little she actually heard her….weeping…My mom used to live near a little river….

    Im also doing a reaserch paper of La LLorona for my English III class…hope i can put ur pic in my reaserch paper it’ll give me more points…..

    But anyways ur pic is awsome..

    :shock: :smile::shock::shock::evil::evil:

  40. Stefani said,
    on May 15th, 2008 at 11:00 am

    man shes real!:sad: once i was in lake michigan and i saw her and she was chasing me. but :smile: phew. good thing there was people near by and she didnt mistaken me for her children. although i feel pity for her. she cant be welcome to heaven unless she finds her children…:cry: it just makes me feel so sad just to hear the story of her again and again. i wish i could find her children so she could be heaven like 500 years ago.:cry:

  41. BReid said,
    on May 15th, 2008 at 7:00 pm

    Hey addii_36, go right ahead and use the image. Hopefully you’ll get a better grade than I did in English class!

    Just remember to add my name with the picture so that people know who the image belongs to.

    Good Luck!

  42. emma said,
    on May 16th, 2008 at 8:18 am

    :evil: :mrgreen::neutral::shock::smile::???::cool::grin::oops::roll::wink::cry::eek::lol::mad::sad:wat up

  43. la pompis said,
    on May 19th, 2008 at 1:09 pm

    :twisted: :oops::roll::cry:one time i was at my grandmama’s house and i was really hot…so i decided to go for a swim AT 12AM…..i know pretty weird..so then i saw a lady wearing white…saying “ay,mis hijos”..i started running then she was in front of me..so i ran in circles..then my grandmama woke up got rosary n scared her away..that was some scary lady…

  44. Anonymous said,
    on May 27th, 2008 at 9:53 am

    How in the world is the cry going to kill her children and be crying! And how can you proff that actually happened.:twisted:

  45. Reyna said,
    on May 27th, 2008 at 9:54 am

    :twisted:

  46. Reyna said,
    on May 27th, 2008 at 9:58 am

    How in the world his the cry going to kill her children and then be crying on the streets.And how can you proff that, that actually happen. w/b :twisted:

  47. schmitty said,
    on May 27th, 2008 at 2:32 pm

    schmitty said,
    it scared the crap out of me! But it was somewhat :cool: .

  48. fat joe said,
    on May 30th, 2008 at 12:44 pm

    :cool: :cool::cool::cool::cool::roll oh yes:

  49. aryan said,
    on May 30th, 2008 at 12:50 pm

    sexy

  50. el chonco said,
    on May 30th, 2008 at 12:52 pm

    oh i love this photo it makes me feel so good

  51. aryan said,
    on May 30th, 2008 at 12:53 pm

    i wanna lick her body. she’s so delicious

  52. tamara said,
    on July 8th, 2008 at 11:13 am

    hola mi nombre es tamy. la foto esta re copa pero no es la llorona osea q no es lo q yo buesco , espero q para la proccima ves hagan algo mas real ¿no?
    bue eso es todo , pero no se ofendan gustar me encanta pero no es lo q yo buesco ok . chauuuuuu:shock::grin:

  53. angy paola piedrahit said,
    on August 9th, 2008 at 11:10 am

    quiero tener amigos de 10 anos

  54. julie andrea said,
    on August 9th, 2008 at 11:14 am

    hola les dejo mi correo julieprincesita@hotmail.com

  55. pattie said,
    on August 28th, 2008 at 12:58 pm

    :twisted: aswane pic!!!!!!!!!

  56. brianna said,
    on September 13th, 2008 at 4:20 pm

    how in the dam world can the llorona kill her own children im sorry for them and not for the llorona :mad: and i want to tell her that she is very dumb by killing her own children i hate her im glad shes now crying for their spirits by being mean to them:razz::razz::razz::razz::twisted::twisted::twisted::twisted:

  57. Lil Mexican said,
    on October 3rd, 2008 at 5:42 am

    nah dis shit is 4 realz! i heard her cry before :neutral:

  58. Lil Mexican said,
    on October 3rd, 2008 at 5:44 am

    n im not kidding i havent seen her but, i heard her cry and one of my friends that were with me heard her to! im not playin!

  59. Lil Mexican said,
    on October 3rd, 2008 at 5:45 am

    This shit iz 4 realz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:neutral:

  60. Aimee said,
    on October 7th, 2008 at 5:30 pm

    http://www.miaminewtimes.com/1997-06-05/news/myths-over-miami/1

    For anyone who was interested in the article that spawned this amazing piece of art, and to the artist: well done. It’s so eerie and beautiful. I’d love to see your interpretation of the children’s “Blue Lady”

  61. NATE said,
    on October 10th, 2008 at 8:03 am

    Thats FreaKIN CReppy!!!!!!!!!!!!:cool

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