La Lllorana's name was Maria. The legend says that she was very beautiful and was also a bit conceited. She always wanted to marry a rich handsome ranchero and not just a "nobody" that was poor and worked as a farmer. One day she saw a handsome guy riding a horse and feel in love with him. They got married and had two children. Her husband went back to work out in the prairie and would only come to visit Maria and the two children once a month. Later as months passed by and her husband would go home he wouldn't even go and visit her, he would just go to see the kids and completely ignore Maria. This made Maria very mad and caused her to build anger towards her own children. One day as Maria and her children were strolling by the river banks her husband passed by in a a carriage with a woman sitting next to him, causing Maria to get very upset. Later that night Maria and the kids went for a walk and Maria still very upset threw her kids into the river causing them to drown and die. A few hours later she ran after them trying to rescue them, though it was to late. The next morning a traveler found a young beautiful woman laying next to the river banks, it was Maria lying their dead. Villagers say that the first night that Maria was in the grave they heard somebody by the river bank crying "Ay, mis hijos", since that day people stopped calling Maria, Maria, and started calling her by La Llorona.
Hayes, Joe. " La Llorona- A Hispanic Legend."
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