A Comparison Of El Chupacabra And La Llorona

Every culture has urban legends and Hispanic culture is no exception. These legends can be anything from terrifying ghost stories to heavily believed superstition. Some of the most popular legends would be those of El Chupacabra and La Llorona, which are not only known by those of hispanic heritage, but internationally as well. The majority of these legends have been around for centuries but as the years have gone by, they have turned into cautionary tales and lessons for the younger generations. These descriptions are not meant to prove the existence of the supernatural beings and cryptics, but to showcase the legends that permeate the Hispanic/Latino culture. La Llorona or “The Weeping Woman” is one of the most popular urban legends in this culture. The legend goes that there was once a young woman named Maria. She was happily married and had two lovely children, a boy and a girl. One day, Maria’s husband died which left her widowed. When word of this got around a rich landowner began to look at her with lustful eyes. The beautiful Maria eventually fell for the man, and they wished to marry; because of the two children from her previous …show more content…
El Chupacabra is a popular Latin American legend, a coyote-like bipedal creature that mutilates and drains the blood from other creatures including humans. This blood thirsty legend gets its name from the spanish terms chupar “to suck” and cabra meaning “goat”. This creature began being sighted in Puerto Rico in the 1990s after a series of reports came in about animals being mutilated and drained of blood. At first, it was speculated that there was no such thing as el Chupacabra due to the lack of evidence. No one really knows where this mysterious creature came from but what is clear is that even due to the lack of evidence El Chupacabra still continues to haunt the darkest corners of the