Every culture has some sort of urban legends that frightens you and make you wonder if it 's real or just another legend. Like in Japan they have one urban legend about a creature called Kuchisake-Onna or the slit-mouthed woman. A vengeful spirit who preys on children, cutting the heads or slicing their mouth like hers if the answer is wrong. Another urban legend originating in the United States is the Mothman. Bring disaster wherever he goes like a bad omen. But for my own Hispanic culture, there are many urban legends that began there. Many that people still believe in and fear. Those urban legends being the Llorona, the chupacabra and lastly the cucuy.
One of the most talked about urban legends in Mexico and in many Hispanic countries that …show more content…
The cucuy as said in the legend have red eyes with sharp teeth. He is hideous and small and sometimes hairy. This legend is very common in Mexican families for mothers to tell their children if they misbehave the cucuy will get them. When I was little I remember my mother would tell me if I didn 't behave or if I went off somewhere I wasn 't supposed that the cucuy would get me. I was so confused and scared I didn 't know what was and I didn 't want to know. As I grew older I realized that it was just my family or just my mother that was telling me that the cucuy would get me. My friend always most of the time being Mexican would tell me how their mothers would do the same thing. The urban legend the cucuy is a frightening creature that is used to make children behave.
Urban legends have been told for hundreds of years and maybe longer than that. Legend that frighten you or to frighten your children to behave. Nobody knows if these three Hispanic based urban legends are just that legends that are only meant for keeping people or children in line or just another scary story. Or maybe somehow they are real, real creatures that are out there hiding waiting to be discovered. Maybe one day they won 't be just urban legends that people don 't give much thought of but something
One of the most talked about urban legends in Mexico and in many Hispanic countries that …show more content…
The cucuy as said in the legend have red eyes with sharp teeth. He is hideous and small and sometimes hairy. This legend is very common in Mexican families for mothers to tell their children if they misbehave the cucuy will get them. When I was little I remember my mother would tell me if I didn 't behave or if I went off somewhere I wasn 't supposed that the cucuy would get me. I was so confused and scared I didn 't know what was and I didn 't want to know. As I grew older I realized that it was just my family or just my mother that was telling me that the cucuy would get me. My friend always most of the time being Mexican would tell me how their mothers would do the same thing. The urban legend the cucuy is a frightening creature that is used to make children behave.
Urban legends have been told for hundreds of years and maybe longer than that. Legend that frighten you or to frighten your children to behave. Nobody knows if these three Hispanic based urban legends are just that legends that are only meant for keeping people or children in line or just another scary story. Or maybe somehow they are real, real creatures that are out there hiding waiting to be discovered. Maybe one day they won 't be just urban legends that people don 't give much thought of but something