The VERY Messed Up Origins™ of La Llorona | Folklore Explained - Jon Solo

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[@JonSolo]

Thanks for watching, Solo Cups! Hope you liked this EXTRA spoopy episode of Messed Up Origins! :D One point that I do want to clarify is that the folkSONG discussed at the end and the folkTALE have no ~verified~ connection. As far as we know they have nothing to do with each other. HOWEVER, some folks like to have fun and theorize about them being related (I'm one of these people).

[@rhonan-rainconejos5211]

I live in the Philipines

[@1heartolivia867]

OMG 1 HOUR LATE THIS IS THE EARLIEST I'VE EVER BEEN TO ONE OF UR VIDS!!

[@GOD_AEM]

The most underrated KZbinr, you deserve 10 mil subscribers

[@sissymorning9809]

I'm four hours late so there's that

[@mx.emi99]

My mama used to that in Mexico others moms used to scare their kids with El Cucuy

[@Abyssaracnis]

"If you hear her cries, your next" Deaf people in sign language: I DON'T HAVE SUCH WEAKNESS

[@mikee4462]

My mom told me she once heard la llorona wheeping and one of our neighbors said they had heard her as we'll

[@Abyssaracnis]

@@mikee4462 was it faint, or loud?

[@mikee4462]

@@Abyssaracnis she didn't say she said she was so scared that she went and hugged my aunt

[@Abyssaracnis]

@@mikee4462 Protect your mom at all costs

[@mikee4462]

@@Abyssaracnis i know it scares me sometimes she says she can hear her

[@cheeseblock6150]

Me, a mexican who knew about this story since i was born: **mm this seems interesting lets watch it🕳🏃‍♀️**

[@randomlyherelol1559]

Same

[@michelletarango4487]

So true

[@bubblyidiot519]

same lmao

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

same

[@pedrotorres632]

right

[@mena883]

fun fact: the further away her cry is heard, the closer she really is. and when it is heard closer, it is because she’s going away (i’m mexican, sorry for bad english)

[@lonelyronin2428]

Your english is just fine, Mena! Also, that fact makes my life a little harder. Im scared now.

[@natthenut3651]

Oh, it the fact same as a vampire ghost legend in my country! I can agree with that and it creepy if you heard woman cried fro help in haunted voice ....... TWT

[@JeffJeff-jm6nn]

I literally was told this as well when I was little

[@pedrotorres632]

correct and if you see her too close run away

[@albertoeatssocks1644]

La Llorona sounds like a cool person just you need to be uhh wearing a white dress and look like her I’m not sure if this is true but apparently it will confuse her and she will go away

[@djfoster720]

La Llorona: * steals children’s souls * Gingers: Pathetic

[@elytragames5128]

true ive meant a ginger bro almost killed me'

[@sawyertherandomdude3234]

Your comment has 99 likes And I like it so good job u have 100 likes .

[@eunjikim4192]

i dont get it, can someone explain?

[@djfoster720]

@@eunjikim4192 Back several hundred years ago, gingers were said to have been the spawn of the devil, and were said to be soulless

[@eunjikim4192]

@@djfoster720 ohhh ty

[@theperksofbeingabookworm906]

“If you don’t eat your vegetables La Llorna will get you.” Perfect excuse.

[@pipimi.fanclub2926]

“la llorna” lol

[@deseraihreyes774]

@@pipimi.fanclub2926 la llorona lol

[@SirParcifal]

vegetales keep that woman away - I guess she doesn't like farts LOL

[@freej3rdan]

She is on to me 😱😱😱

[@lpstwixmix2815]

Maya Colangelo know we know it’s an excuse. Hippty hoppity we know the excuse and now it’s not your property

[@katp2560]

Zeus: * sees a pretty girl * Zeus turning to the camera: "I think you know where this about to go"

[@LWolf12]

Historian: "And that's how we this statue."

[@rosiian828]

Wait let me fix it. Zeus: * sees a hole *

[@Pynkfoxx_]

I-🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@emiquintana509]

it's T R U E

[@blackmuzicluver35]

I find it disgusting how Zeus usually forces himself onto women, only for Hera to severely punish them later on if she finds out. Like, they just get double effed up.

[@josiahschannel2293]

Kills children who wander from home after night me who spends all my time playing Minecraft in my basement : I don’t have such weaknesses

[@yhadiel2804]

Ion even wander away from home during the day

[@steadfast1448]

Me home cuz quarantine: I am several parallel universes ahead of you.

[@elephantdanceparty7917]

Same.

[@pinkroses8726]

24/7 playing pubg and minecraft living my happy life

[@alphacentry]

Weird flex but ok I am on a walk at night rn lol

[@eeriedame]

*"if you hear her cries your next"* Me: *wears headphones everyday and cant hear anything unless i take them off* weakling

[@esperanzabarboza2455]

me scared always of her since i was told about her when i three and she scared me since\

[@suniyahaleyce9835]

u have to be a bad child tho

[@esperanzabarboza2455]

@Aldo Gutierrez Velazquez i swear

[@abocadopit]

relatable

[@abocadopit]

@Aldo Gutierrez Velazquez excuse me? there is something called articles and video information :p geez

[@silverbullet1620]

"We all have something in common even if some people don't want to believe it." How true that is.

[@junelledembroski9183]

Yes

[@lb.a157]

Agree, one of the deepest comments I've read in a while.

[@Kami-ny5jo]

We all need air to survive....deep

[@light2528]

God this hits lol

[@littleharlot9219]

That made me soft

[@markk6060]

I think that really adds to the Coco story. Mama Imelda could definitely identify with feeling betrayed by her husband and her anger in a sense was taken out on her children. She didn’t turn evil but she was very motivated by her anger

[@kaleblikesfrogs]

BFJCNDICJDJ you really be hitting HARD with the thematic parallels

[@bee3484]

@@kaleblikesfrogs PLS SKFNDJKGJF

[@tillie3545]

The song used in the movie was not about this legend. The song was originally written by Chavela Vargas after Frida Kahlo’s death, since she was in love with her.

[@DirectorsChoice]

I’m not sure the two stories are related, but the archetype of an angry mother does seem to be very common

[@Sam-jv22]

@@DirectorsChoice they are not related...

[@alanatorres4703]

I'm from Mexico and, when the coronavirus thing started here, there was a place (I don't remember where exactly) where people began to walk the streets in their vehicles with an audio recording of La Llorona at full volume, to scare the children who did not obey about being quarantined so they will stay at home 😂

[@hardhatjones6535]

Oh I remember that. I was chilling one night, watching KZbin stuff and one of those cars passed by my house and I was like: Huh? 🗿

[@onesaltyboi_4225]

"If you hear her cries, your next" Deaf people laughing in sign language

[@Cowboylikecarmem]

This made me giggle

[@fatimaaltamirano7703]

👍👌✌️🤞🤘 (hahaha)

[@Abyssaracnis]

Hay wait a minute, i made the joke aswell. Great minds think alike

[@andresdoesyoutube2597]

Is all fun and games until La Llorona can use sign language

[@Abyssaracnis]

@@andresdoesyoutube2597 ah, *AGRESSIVELY SIGNING WA WA WA WA WA*

[@fallenflare07]

There’s a always a crying woman in history and she always means danger.

[@felix_egg0296]

Yesss

[@edmanddbelizaire4501]

True

[@liverpool5261]

@Aldo Gutierrez Velazquez haha

[@mariahmaragh115]

@Aldo Gutierrez Velazquez lmfao finish naruto but ok

[@GreatTasteMurder]

@Aldo Gutierrez Velazquez Lmfao

[@Nipplator99999999999]

For myself, the most horrible thing in this world is a person that willingly harm defenseless children.

[@theperksofbeingabookworm906]

You are the one person I can completely trust.

[@chubswubsbubs6311]

You mean ghost hey hey

[@lizareadsbooks228]

same

[@mgma2395]

For me, it's a person who nukes everybody, it is indiscriminate, it kills all Edit: Even puppies

[@Nipplator99999999999]

@@mgma2395 Let me know who they are, and I will stop them from doing it again...

[@nightshade9177]

My uncle has heard her once when he was walking back to my grandparents house through the woods and was near a river. He heard her cry and the “¡Ay mis hijos!” It scared him sober so he made it home quickly.

[@mitchymotch21]

The version of the legend I heard as a kid was that her house was burning down and that she put her children on a boat in the river to save them. The current took the boat and caused them to fall off and drown. And she tried to look for them and died of exhaustion while searching.

[@yhadiel2804]

That makes sense

[@yhadiel2804]

I've heard that one too, I've been told many different versions

[@xxparadoxx3971]

I think that one is from the animated movie

[@ssb477]

@@yhadiel2804 same

[@katherinkeegan8601]

This makes her a more tragic figure.

[@pikachuneoncat6480]

Although we may all speak different languages, we all scare our children into behaving.

[@wheresdarice3988]

Yeah. "HAIYAAA YOU STUPID GOOD-FOR-NOTING BRAT! IF YOU KEEP CRYING, I'LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO ACTUALLY CRY ABOUT!" scary.

[@randomlyherelol1559]

... The fool proof way of parenting shall always amaze me

[@LouisCarty]

@@wheresdarice3988 your parent must be scary

[@wheresdarice3988]

@@LouisCarty Asian parents (ㄒoㄒ)

[@wheresdarice3988]

@Caity Adkins And they actually beat us up more that makes us cry even more.

[@squiddle405]

You forgot something if you here her crying far away she is write next to you if you her crying close to you she is far away and she only appears near bodys of water THATS WHAT MY MOM SAID SHE WATCHES YOUR VIDS

[@wanimusician]

In Malaysia we have that too! A crying female ghost. If you her cries faintly, it means she is right next to you. If you hear it loudly, means she is far away! So bizarre that there's similarity even right across the globe

[@2Ten1Ryu]

@@wanimusician I always thought that too with so many stories.

[@subjectrk8008]

this is what my parents and tios y tias say, tbh that if you hear her faraway shes close vise versa, i'd be running regardless if I hear la llorona

[@squiddle405]

@@subjectrk8008 same tbh

[@stacyal857]

*looks at your pfp* Ah, I see you are a man of culture

[@sarahbear2463]

What if the father was the one to drown all three of them but blamed it on her just so he could marry his sidepiece 😬

[@namehere3946]

OR what if the sidepeice murdered the wife and kids so she didn't have to compete for his attention?

[@yhadiel2804]

@@namehere3946 that.....actually makes a lot of sense

[@verynormal_cat]

What if the father _and_ the sidepiece killed the three of them together? But that's just a theory. A folklore theory.

[@yhadiel2804]

@@verynormal_cat for starters, The Father Loved the kids more than anything in his life, the only reason he ever came to visit was to see his kids, so no, If The mother didn't kill them, the sidepiece did, Not the father

[@markvilstrup4121]

What if a timetravelling being from an alternate dimension came through a rift in time and space, and killed the children, blamed it on their mother who killed herself, just to frame the father, whose descendants would have eventually made the technology who could defeat the alternate being?

[@alexsboring6999]

"If you don't behave, El Cucuy might get you and drag you to the mountains." That's what I was told as a kid besides the whole La Llorona story.

[@briwitluv0555]

You gave my flashbacks lol

[@JustCallMeRxse]

LOL, I remember my mom said if I didn't go to sleep in the next 5 minutes, the (El) Cucuy would get me.

[@chocolateuniverse3178]

Same

[@mrsworry]

Who’s El Cucuy?

[@asseater5916]

@@mrsworry El Cucuy (Say coo cuy out loud i think you’ll get it) is basically a monster (you can imagine whatever you want) that will eat you if you don’t clean or don’t go to sleep early or that’s what at least my mom told me lol.

[@danielabravo4772]

When my family and I lived in Mexico my parents would tell me this story and I was PETRIFIED of her. I was one of those children that loved to hide and scare my parents so I guess they just had to retaliate by scaring me half to death 😂😩

[@lesliecardoso7941]

Lol

[@lifeisbutadreamm]

😂😂😂😂 my daughter is like this and it's scares the crap outta me, how cruel would it be fo tell her about la llorona? Lol

[@mya_the_cookie_god6261]

Yes me too 😪😓😫😖

[@kaytionalexa945]

Same! Now i enjoy watching the cartoon movie that only comes on the same channel novelas are on

[@daninacastro4874]

Bruh same all Latinos growing up know 2 fears 1-the fear of god 2-the fear of the Llorona

[@cjgamingxy]

Jon: White ladies Me: Lady in white. Jon: white ladies association Me: LADIES IN WHITE

[@tijanamilenkovic3425]

CJGamingXY, what do you think about The Messed Up Origins Of Pokémon or Digimon

[@schiffelers3944]

Guess that also depends on the 'cult-ure' you grew up with/in? My first response was *Witte Wieven (white wives/women in white* depending on how you translate the concept(they are women dressed in white) /words (white wives, ladies, married to be married); Dutch/Germanic.) Also in older Dutch Witte, is not a skin color but a color. Blank (Blanch) is what they would use if it was about skin color. In English Blanch and Bleach (bleek) are related. Bleek in context of someone being pale this word can also be used, bleaching as well. Like 'bank' is the bank(money) (and river) but also the bench/couch. Words can have multiple meanings and interpretations. So Witte would say something about the color they wear, not the skin. This would make *women in white* the best translation. White ladies is shorter. Witte Wieven. Also Wives and Wijven are two different meanings by now in the different languages by now. In Dutch een wijf is a derogatory term for woman. *But the marriage aspect with wife is not present in the women in white.* But white is not a common or practical color to wear, and are mainly for special occasions. If this makes any sense? Not the white spinster, not white maiden/virgin/youngster. The three concepts of women. (Versus the two of men, us dropping buckets before women, making widows. Hunting, war, work accidents etc. men usually did not have a long life expectancy compared with women.) aka the Norns. In male duality women can only be two things the virgin/good wife or the whore; patriarchy. Knowing English is based and mixed on different languages creating English (like Latin, Celtic, French & German), and language is created and evolving to best represent the inner workings outward. 4 U, we shorten things and are less poetic in our language, it's not Old English etc. With printing; space = money, telegram style is another example.

[@tijanamilenkovic3425]

@@schiffelers3944 what do you think about The Messed Up Origins Of Monster in my pocket or Yo Kai Watch

[@setsunai906]

in philippines we call lady in white a white lady, the famous stories about the white lady is the balete tree in manila

[@alicewilloughby4318]

*CJGamingXY* why does this remind me of the Woman Yelling At Cat meme?

[@sushiravedelivry3215]

Nobody: Llorona after finding two kids all by themselves: *it's cowabunga time*

[@humpitywithdumpity]

*gOongAlA*

[@froggyt8782]

When she finds 19: OH NO OH NO OH NO NO NO NO NO

[@mr.quilava2062]

"Just google what happens in the Philippines" Me, whos a Filipino: I've seen weird shit that aren't in the internet

[@eyyydiwaaw7990]

Ikr hahaha

[@TartiMaarti]

Jon: "Okay thank you" Me: drawing while listening Jon: "He's dead" Me: *"I'm sorry what"*

[@franciscoromero1577]

the original story of "La Llorona" is of aztec origin my grandmother used to tell me it when i was little in her pueblo in mexico It started with a lady that could predict the future and one day she saw a huge murder scene from smoke that came out of several plants that she would burn then she went out crying "Piltsintli" (my children in aztec) and everyone knew her and knew that she did not have children so then went up to her and told her what children, relax and then she explaind "i saw a vision and you my children will be murdered by monsters with 2 heads, 2 arms and 6 legs all of you my children and your children and your childrens children will die soon" the lady predicted the conquistadores going to mexico and murdering the aztec's people

[@gabrielcerda984]

I thought I read somewhere -years back- that the story was partially based on Doñia Marina, the lady who helped Cortez as a translator. They had children together. Doñia Marina was la malinche. I'm sure it was based on earlier stories too though.

[@potato5413]

Does this prove prophets are real

[@bugeyedmonster2]

@@gabrielcerda984 oh man. Dona Marina aka Malinche had a child by Cortez. Cortez took the boy away from her at a very young age, and sent him to be educated in Spain. And Cortez also abandoned Marina.

[@franciscoromero1577]

@@gabrielcerda984 mi abuelita told me that that wise lady was the very first llorona that cried for her people that were going to die and she couldn't do anything because everyone started to call her crazy and it took a couple of years for what she said to become true ... sorry I was busy and could really explain it well

[@donovan4668]

2 arms lol

[@theengineer_0]

Jon: Now over in the Philippines- Me: Yes, You summoned me and my friend 😂

[@Tipsy_Turby]

FILIPINO YASSSSSSS 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭 😆🤚

[@simonriley1981]

My great grandmother, uncle, and mother told me they heard her cries. What was weird is how they all told the story the same way just from different perspectives. Even a person they knew said he heard it. All their neighbors heard it. They said it was very loud. She was a kid at the time.

[@subjectrk8008]

One of my tios en mexico, told me that one time he was young, he was walking home with a friend, along a dirt road (there are lot of dirt road in smaller communities in mexico). Not alot of light around those areas. When they heard a faint cry-ish moan, at first my tio didn't think much of it. But as time went by he couldn't ignore it. He told me it sounded a like woman in pain as if she was heartbroken or devastated, but when he heard "ay mis hijos". He told his friend to run. They had to run up a hill to get to my grandparent's house. Back to the streets where lights were on and few people were still walking the streets too. But when they reach the top of the hill my uncle, swears to god, he saw a "woman in white dress" standing between the shadow of tree and the bit of moonlight. They ran straight home and the friend crash at the place for the night. Its there when he and many of my relatives told me, you are safe when you hear her closeby because she is faraway from you, than when you hear her faraway, IT MEANS SHES CLOSEBY.

[@krystalvalenzuela3503]

fuuuuuuuuuuuck

[@small_juice_box]

no mames that's scary😰

[@Rania-vh7wg]

Fuck its just a comment but im scared

[@CTheSea_Si]

M M M M M

[@user-zs9cq7ke4v]

And u believe that? 😭

[@imunknown2421]

La Llorona's backstory is very tragic. She married a rich man, had two children but because she grew older and unattractive her husband did not visit her anymore. Soon after she found out he was cheating on her. In rage, she then threw her children to a nearby river and they drowned. After she realised, she jumped into the river and died as well. I think why she targets children because she still loves them and wants to find her children and regretted what she had done.

[@nomorejellybeanflower6659]

oh that would make sense but why?

[@user-ol2cw1rs9y]

is this like coco but reverse a bit-

[@Ifoundmiandi]

@@user-ol2cw1rs9y no?

[@Ifoundmiandi]

And the father liked the childeren more

[@lasttrinity0780]

Well, it is not an official story. Every place in mexico have different versions, like more kids or not killing herself and being cursed to wandered the world, she also can have many names

[@hahabr1827]

How I remember the ending, when my mother told me the tale. Was since La llorona was looking for her children, if she found you and found out you weren't her children, in a fit of rage, she would drag you to the river and then drown you.

[@Nicole-yj5cu]

I first heard this story watching Supernatural. It’s cool to know the many different versions of stories. *subscribed*

[@teebop7571]

Ah yes another Winchester

[@cheneethompson5756]

I LOVE supernatural!

[@legendaryt-fox658]

I love Jon's humor "Thank you so much... he's dead" You know who else is dead me on the floor laughing.

[@KatinkaMaika]

Had me laughing out loud too

[@tijanamilenkovic3425]

@@KatinkaMaika what do you think about The Messed Up Origins Of Trevor Henderson

[@KatinkaMaika]

@@tijanamilenkovic3425 there is no such video?

[@tijanamilenkovic3425]

@@KatinkaMaika that's the point, Jon Solo should cover it

[@KatinkaMaika]

@@tijanamilenkovic3425 I think the origin of Trevor Henderson is his parents effing ;) would be a short video

[@riceracm]

7:20 Jon: “They are ghosts called ‘White Ladies...” Me thinking: And their names are Karen 😏

[@cynicalminion]

...and then promptly shows the picture of the "brown lady"... i do get the point here, and even in the last couple days i've seen MUCH flagrantly worse from other channels' stock footage, my pedantic side just felt the need to point it out...

[@BHCelsior]

Pretty much every american. Male or female. I am american.

[@trolling1178]

Kinda racist that you associate white ladies with "Karens" dude

[@loyal_makoto9031]

White lady is what we call for a common female ghost in the philippines

[@CTheSea_Si]

lma9ooo

[@latashala-hori4714]

I really love Coco and I nearly cried at the end of the movie.

[@markvilstrup4121]

I remember when I first heard this story, I thought, wouldn't it have been so much creepier if the children were the ones responsible for all the deaths. Maybe they were turned evil, or replaced by evil being or spirits, and their mother suddenly one day couldn't recognize her children, and she was the only one who saw them differently. Their doting father, not being able to take it anymore, turns to the warm embrace of another woman, leaving his former wife with the kids that she's oh so wary off. Then one day, when they've grown enough, and bored with seeing the mother struggle, they decide to kill her. And that's why she's stuck on this plane. The confusion, regret and hurt, tying her to this world, in a neverending effort to warn people of her 'kids', who feed on young children. Her cries being a warning, not a threat, forever lamenting the evil she put in this world, forever cursed to watch their horrible deeds and being misunderstood in her intent to help others not befall the same fate. It's fun making up little alternate stories :p

[@gnikawpleasant9013]

Solo cups out here leaving likes, showing love, listening to a good story from a great storyteller. Let’s go!

[@chubswubsbubs6311]

Did he lose subs?

[@thespoiledtexan3904]

You know dats right!

[@bearheart2947]

I love this channel, but I can't afford buying anything. I am a college student

[@jasonhill8506]

Hell yeah

[@tijanamilenkovic3425]

@@bearheart2947 what do you think about The Messed Up Origins Of Yo Kai Watch

[@MinYoongi-yb8ot]

I never clicked as fast as I did when this popped up. Just like a lot of Mexican kids, I grew up listening to la Llorona's story, so this gave me a lot of nostalgia. Thank you so much for breaking down this story❤ Keep up the great work. (There are other white ladies in Mexican folklore. For example, El Soldado y la Fantasma, The Soldier and the Ghost) Also, other Latin American countries have different ghost ladies, i.e. La Sucia from Honduras.

[@Teudlanif]

Same, except I'm not Mexican lmao

[@Woodyfresh]

Hello army I'm an army too

[@pan_cakes1]

Me and my sister's are half mexican 😊💜💜

[@Michelley1025]

I'm an army AND hispanic lol

[@pan_cakes1]

Me and my sister Ariana are half mexican🇲🇽🇺🇲

[@ivanveras1724]

Jon’s face when he said “greek myths” Jon: intensifies

[@andyg5511]

Bro I remember my grandparents telling me this scared the shit out of me

[@jadathompson7605]

As someone that has been told this story since I was a kid . This is the only video that has truly scared me ! 🇲🇽

[@alexandram.6712]

There's a movie in Spanish called La Leyenda de la Llorona and it's a cartoon that talks about the legend. It's kind of like a series because it talks about other Mexican legends. You should check it out👍🏽

[@SpaghettiandShmeat]

Yeah it's a good movie but, i don't think it's authentic. They change the story to make it more kid friendly.

[@an9elkaii]

i love that movie, one of the best parts of my childhood

[@lacielima3978]

I love that cartoon, would anyone know where I can watch this? I haven’t seen it in so long and have no idea where to find it

[@tijanamilenkovic3425]

@@SpaghettiandShmeat what do you think about The Messed Up Origins Of Trevor Henderson

[@SpaghettiandShmeat]

@@tijanamilenkovic3425 I've never seen it, or heard of it tbh

[@drdingus165]

My mom told me this story about my grandma. She would sneak out at night and scream “Mi Ninós” (My children). Later in the day they would hear the towns people saying “¿Escuhaste La Llorona anoche?” My family will laugh at them.

[@abocadopit]

"when you have already ready many articles of these urban legends but you're still interested in the video so you can gather more information be like"

[@MarialauraVallejo]

I don’t know if I remember the tale incorrectly, but in Venezuela, la Llorona drowned her kids and when hunting, she looked for 2 things: unfaithful men, or boys, so I always felt safe ‘cuz I’m a woman 😂😂

[@dalink488]

Yeah there are many versions, in my country she also drowned her kids and hunts men

[@theperksofbeingabookworm906]

Yes! Feminism!

[@theresafonseca3968]

I've heard that second part until recently cause I've only heard the 1st one due to her getting back at her husband

[@theresafonseca3968]

@Pierre Buie II I'm Mexican but ok? 😂😂

[@allye4228]

@@theresafonseca3968 I don’t think he was talking to you 😂

[@yuukiclair1474]

My mom told me that when she was 20 her dad died from old age, he had a truck and all they did was leave it in the drive way since they cant do anything with it, it had been there for a year so the wheels literally stuck on to the ground. Eventually at 3 or 4 in the morning my mom told me that she woke up to horribly loud screams that sounded like it was from a woman, her dads truck turned of and crashed into something which was no where near as loud as the screams she was really scared. Then the screams stopped and she told me thats when she started believing in god because she said "if there is bad, then there should be good." Because as a kid her teacher kept telling her god didnt exist eventually she believed until that day.

[@steve_the_vehicon632]

What kind of truck

[@sawyertherandomdude3234]

Plz don't take this as hateing But jeez that's kinda weird that your teacher said God didn't exist JEEZ

[@GlassOfMilk174]

I might commit murder because of how idiotic the teacher is

[@chocolateuniverse3178]

I don’t belive in god but wow Edit: you might give hate so before u do please know that it is my opinion and I personally think how would you know he/she was real and also he/she would be a terrible man/woman because they are letting human destroy earth and diseases hurt people. Again, belive what you belive but don’t hate

[@zenith613]

@@chocolateuniverse3178 wasn’t planning. Everyone has their opinion and is part of a religion if they want to be. I have many friends who don’t believe in god, and I don’t force it on them like some others may try. But, still I respect ur opinion.

[@callofdutygaming4576]

As a Mexican my grandmother told me this story and I usually sleep in my own bed (i was 5) i swear to god i could hear a women screaming and crying MIS NIÑOS which is MY KIDS in Spanish and i had to sleep with my grandmother for 1week then when i came back to my parents house i was scared and i told my mom that could i sleep with a cross and i find my self still bursting laughing telling this

[@gretus]

As a mexican, I enjoy this video a lot. I didnt knew how he was going to connect this one to coco. Pretty cool research, made me want to look more into La llorona. Fun fact, every town in Mexico is going to tell you, La Llorona was native from their town and they're going to have their own version of the story. Plus I loved how he said "LALLORONA" he rlly nail it in pronunciation, thumbs up

[@jenniedraws406]

Llorona is pronounced ( yoh-roh-nah). And that is such a sad story. Didn't know that there was such a sad background to the name. You always do a great job telling these stories.

[@DutchessAshton]

La llorona is similar to the Greek myth Madea. She killed her children to end her husband's lineage, for when he left and married a princess. 👸

[@professorhistoire5349]

yeah and then theseus still left ariadne on an island

[@ravenwyld]

Omg came here to say that 😉

[@elionoirk340]

@@professorhistoire5349 well I mean only because Dionysus told Theseus that he was betrothed to Ariadne by Zeus

[@tlaloc27]

Its similar because her story was changed after the conquest of Mexico in the original legend (wich is actually a historical account written in the Mendoza codex) she was a manifestation of the Goddess Coatlicue in the codex it mentions that night after night the people from tenochtitlan(Mexico city) would hear a weeping women she would cry and pass by the lake and she would say "my children we must run away from this city" and other times she would say "my children wher shall I take you wher shall I hide you

[@ivetterodriguez1994]

@@tlaloc27 weeping* not "whipping".

[@lonelyronin2428]

My mom watched The Curse of La Llorona on nextflix. She didn't know the myth, and she loves horror movies. When I told her the story, she watched it immediately, and loved it! My dad was confused, and believes it's connected to Annabelle and The Nun.

[@ibzmmi12gaming57]

It is connected to Annabelle and the nun universe

[@RyanSmith6644]

Same director

[@kylepbillingsley1950]

Hey man I found your channel a couple years ago and binged it all, really happy that your page popped back up when more content

[@solomonespinoza7262]

There story about a mother try get her kids back from a witch. She try cut off her feet and the witch make her stand up after her feet were cut off. At the end, i think the witch jump off the bride. And not sure if it folklores or fairy tale but can you make video about it?

[@julenacastillo9631]

OH MY GOSH YESSS!!! Didn’t she have seven kids each named after a day of the week?? I can’t remember what it’s called

[@rallyupman1010]

I think it was called what happened to Monday

[@julenacastillo9631]

@@rallyupman1010 no, not the movie 😂 it’s a story. I remember it being read to me in elementary. It’s about the mom who has seven kids and they are kidnapped by a witch and the mom has to trick the witch to get them back

[@marcusblackwell2372]

@@julenacastillo9631 it sounds Irish or Celtic

[@solomonespinoza7262]

@@julenacastillo9631 Long time I heard this story. I remember only few part of it. Can’t even remember the name. I’m forgot where I learn it from. I think I probably heard the story from elementary as well. But I do remember the witch kidnap her children. But other parts I could be wrong again, long time I heard the story

[@3merald._.]

Legend says when you say the word "Philippines" you will summon Filipinos in the comments down below You just summoned one ;)

[@theengineer_0]

And you summoned me, Pare

[@exowthyou]

You accidentally summoned an Indian too...

[@theengineer_0]

@@exowthyou yea

[@musicalnerd1024]

How did you know?

[@em.861]

technically, youre correct ye

[@yippie_thesmithsloverlol]

Me as a Mexican child have heard her story a LOT because my Tia loves to scare me. 😌

[@cotymccollum2927]

Really good when you find the “Very messed up origins”.

[@tyrant-den884]

For Greek myths, she reminds me of Medea even more than Lamia.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Ay de mí llorona, llorona de azul celeste. Ay de mí llorona, llorona de azul celeste. Y aunque la vida me cueste, llorona. No dejaré de quererte. ¡No dejaré de quererte!

[@anguirus6803]

I see you are a man of culture as well mi amigo

[@lonekirin905]

Ayayayaaa

[@anguirus6803]

@@lonekirin905 What color is the sky

[@lonekirin905]

@@anguirus6803 Red

[@striderboy1000]

@@anguirus6803 Tree

[@camembert5853]

I love the fact that this myth was so believable as a child

[@lowercaseguy7367]

Me being born in Mexico: “phew good thing I moved to California”

[@steve_the_vehicon632]

California is full of libtarda

[@yhadiel2804]

The movie the curse of la llorona Takes place in California

[@ariahjames4340]

@@steve_the_vehicon632 I think that's the least of their worries with La Llorona 😆

[@marunekochannel]

She can always chase you or another white women from the region could get you first lol (there's plenty everywhere)

[@agustinaltamirano7188]

When my mom told me that if I didn't behave La Llorona would get me. She also talked about el cuqui. That scared me lowkey

[@sarahrodriguez5132]

Those two things are the reason why I was a good kid😂

[@GabrielaTorres-do3cg]

El cucuy scared me into becoming a good kid 😂😂

[@GabrielaTorres-do3cg]

@yellowleaf El cucuy, cuqui, cuco, coco etc. (depending on the country) is a monster that hides wherever it can in its shadow form (mostly on rooftops), looks for misbehaving children and takes them to a place they can't come back from or eats them especially if the child doesn't go to sleep. There's a lullaby/rhyme that parents sing at night to warn children over him if the child misbehaves.

[@Me-vn3gz]

@@GabrielaTorres-do3cg Ya se me olvidó cómo iba la canción porque mi mamá cantaba una versión que se inventó cristiana jajajaja para no asustar a mis hermanos. Alguien sabe?

[@smashingturboman7535]

I used to be so traumatized when I heard about the cuqui

[@juanpineda936]

Since Jon is getting into Spanish legends he needs to do an episode on El Cucuy 😂😂 only a few will understand.

[@magpiesneedle2575]

Mysterious. Oh wait, Google.

[@Millie.00]

Oh hell nah 😂

[@somehistorynerd]

Chupacabra? I’m Puerto Rican, so I don’t know every Latin spooky story.

[@JoseMorales-ij4gh]

You talking about Tony Ferguson or..?

[@randomlyherelol1559]

Oh yeah he needs to study el cucuy it is a big part of Mexico's culture

[@brecohalum2723]

"Thank you very much. Really appreciate it... HE'S DEAD." Jon Solo proving his soul matches the color of his ear buds lol

[@its_Kc]

I've never heard my cousin tell me that there parents would tell them the llorona would get them, I think they always tell them that a dog or the rats would come and eat them. also this legend is Mexican I hear this a lot from encounters from my grandpas and I I heard once when I went to visit family in Mexico and not the city, you hear this in the pueblo.

[@vanessaashland311]

My uncle told me his story of when he and his friends heard the wailing along the little river by my moms childhood home in Mexico. After a late night they were walking home from a baile (dance) They heard it from a long distance getting closer. They started running towards my great aunts house since it was the closest. She was standing by the door as she had heard the wailing too. My uncle and his friends ran into her house until the sun came up. My great aunt lived right by the little river for years and it wasn’t her first time hearing it...and that’s just ONE count in our family 😭😭 I hate it so much 🤣

[@aquariusforever3437]

The closer the sound is she’s far, the farthest she sounds she’s close.

[@abeyybabeyy2229]

I just started this and had to pause to take a minute bc I just love the pronunciation difference from the first time he said "la llorona" in the beginning of the video, then at 1:12 At first I was like "cant blame him" but then I was like "oooooooooooooooooooooof baby" I fell in LOVE!!! Hella heart eyes lol love you Jon!! Definitely had this engraved into my psyche from childhood , glad to see you did a video on it!! keep up the great work!!

[@spikestreak]

At my elementary school, one of the teachers actually read us this story. A few kids started screaming and crying, I'm surprised she didn't get fired...

[@shyannec.2419]

Same here elementary school that gave me nightmares and im a Filipino was living in la couldn't even tell u why I thought I was next

[@musicy.8638]

Really? I had a teacher that told us a lot of storys of this kind and everyone just got excited and asked for more. I honestly never knew anyone who was scared of La llorona, we just loved the story and tried to make the screams of the ghost.

[@spikestreak]

@@musicy.8638 Yeah, I distinctly remember one specific boy ran to another classroom (because his mom was also and teacher at the school) and started crying. Then again, I think it was 1st grade or around that time so it scared a lot of kids in the class. I remember being scared, but not to the point of crying or being traumatized or anything like that.

[@musicy.8638]

@@spikestreak Maybe is because they told us that was part of our culture, and that we should be proud of it, idk. They told us this storys since kindergarden

[@spikestreak]

@@musicy.8638 Most likely, our teacher probably only told us to give us a fright

[@jennyknopps1291]

I petition for a messed up origins of either "The Masque Of the Red Death", "The Raven", or "The Tell-Tale Heart".

[@marcusblackwell2372]

What are they?

[@jennyknopps1291]

@@marcusblackwell2372 short stories written by Edgar Allan Poe

[@tijanamilenkovic3425]

@@jennyknopps1291 what do you think about The Messed Up Origins Of Pokémon or Digimon

[@jennyknopps1291]

@@tijanamilenkovic3425 those sound interesting

[@tijanamilenkovic3425]

@@jennyknopps1291 true a lot of Pokemon and Digimon are based on some legitimately horrifying and unnerving mythical creatures

[@katekennedy9306]

Awesome you just got a new subscriber, keep up the good work :)!

[@vanessasoto4792]

the ending version i was told as a kid was that he left and never came back so out of envy(of the love he had for their kids) and heartbreak she drowned her kids and once she realized what she did she starts yelling at the river "aye mis hijos" LOL so becuz of her distraught we werent allowed to play at night in the dark, cuz if not she would mistake us as her own child and drown us just like her kids

[@EmeraldEyes1776]

There's also a Greek Myth that you could include to a list of similar stories to La Llorona, Medea. No not Tyler Perry's Medea, there's a Greek Myth Medea who kills her own children and if memory serves me right there's a version of her that appears in the Fate anime series in Fate Stay Night UBW.

[@oliverwilliams6743]

“Punch that like button in the face.” Definitely stole that from JackSepticEye

[@JelloCup_-cj8pn]

What about sssniperwolf

[@itssleah7582]

@@JelloCup_-cj8pn right

[@irsbot8565]

Kid everyone says that

[@StarionEdits]

“If you don’t eat your vegetables La Llorona will get you” Me, allergic to all vegetables but rice and garlic: *oh.. shi-*

[@jamiealvis-rodriguez8288]

dude, I was so scared when I saw the title of this video 2 months ago, because of my childhood, I mean, I'm Bolivian, but I still listen to the tale and listen to the stories and all the sad stuff, and I watched the movie, I got scared.

[@jakdhalegutierrez3129]

One thing to mention, in Mexico there are two versions of who La Llorona real name was but most Mexicans hear the name Maria, but people of Aztec descent were told that La Loronas name which is very close to the first name but the other name is is Dona Marina the mistress and interpreter for Hernan Cortes. Because my mother is Aztec and my father is Mexican I was taught both versions. The compression came because both men left their spouses for another woman, and after Cortes left Marina it is rumored that she killed her only child she had with Cortes, and replaced the child by stealing a child from another family to cover it up. It is also mentioned that when Marina died and the Spaniards (her colony) dressed her up in white as a sign of thanks for helping them defeat the Aztec Empire and people believe that she met with her gods and they punished her to stay on earth for helping the Spaniards, killing her child, and kidnapping a child to replace her dead child. She was punished as a ghost to find the reincarnated soul of her son and another child which most people believe the other soul they wanted was from the child she kidnapped.

[@quintenwhyte6660]

as they say in Latino world... "coño!"😲😲😱😱

[@mikee4462]

I'm mexican and let me say that the story you told is almost exactly like the story my mom used to tell me great video ♥️

[@nicholealyce4126]

As a kid we were told the La Llorona story as a way to scare kids away from playing in the river alone. Kids would drown in the currents quite often, so the story was used to keep us from playing in the water unsupervised.

[@corisinnott9417]

I really enjoy you're videos please keep it up. 😊

[@Retrodragon-ly9xk]

Here's the kid friendly version they taught me in school instead of her drowning her own kids she actually put them in a boat one night when her house caught fire but when she came back the children and the boat were gone without a trace.This is a lot more tragic than scary and I personally prefer other versions of the story

[@potato5413]

Wait wasn’t this version made into a movie

[@Retrodragon-ly9xk]

@@potato5413 idk probably

[@potato5413]

@@tijanamilenkovic3425 i have no idea what that is

[@livenandlove1980]

If I was a kid in that class I would have been yelling, "That's not true!"lol

[@jerseygirljay78]

When I lived in San Antonio there was a lil boy that lived on our street and his grandmotha neva let him play outside at night half-hour before the street lights came on he had to go inside because of La Llorona and El Cucuy. One night there were two Barred Owls on a tree and his grandmotha went bat shit insane screaming saying it was a Lechuza and it was a bruja. I felt so bad for the kid and her as well she was very terrified she took her folklore very serious.

[@Angelofdeath2024]

You got me caught on your content 🤠 I love it

[@emilystemm4520]

You're theory on the song makes perfect sense!

[@powerofk]

I was actually told that the story is of northern New Mexican origin, primarily to warn kids to stay away from the arroyos (ditches). Now, in New Mexico, the arroyos aren't just your common roadside ditches that you might find in other parts of the country. No, the arroyos are large irrigation canals that are used to help divert water in a flash flood (much shallower ditches are called acequias). And they can go from being dry one minute (actually most of the time) to suddenly being filled with several feet of water moving very quickly. And the thing is, the storm could be miles upstream, with the sky overhead where one is currently standing being completely clear and sunny. The thought is that Maria was an actual woman whose kids drowned in such manner, with her drowning soon after trying to save them. And so it's said that nowadays, the tears of La Llorona will sometimes drown children that play in arroyos (the rushing waters that occur suddenly in arroyos are called the "tears of La Llorona). Of course, it was sensationalized over time and spread throughout New Spain (what's now most of Latin America and the American Southwest). But it wasn't written down until recently, because of low literacy rates.

[@bloodybee3553]

Jon: punch that like button right in the face Me: JaCkSePtIcEyE

[@toxicthelynx7201]

So this is the first vid I’ve watched by you and the song at the end just made me go “Oh ya! That song exists!”

[@jai-is-jai8278]

There is an episode about this in Grim but there are 3 kids, also Grim is a good show and I think you should watch it. Edit: I just remembered the kids were in a trance.

[@selaazib]

“-And she was on punk’d!” I’m cackling😂😂

[@robton261]

Naww, he got me when he said “Jokes on her, because her children were already in heaven.” 🤣🤣

[@Op1um_o]

Dude, Me being Mexican here knowing dat everyone who is Mexican always kno’s stories liek these.

[@Ifoundmiandi]

Yup

[@dianaramirez4906]

I love Raycons!! Exactly....focus. love your Lloran story...I am Mexican and I did grow up with La Llorona folklore...that is at it it. Thank you...very entertaining 😀 I'll subscribe right now!

[@marce7849]

Something that is a little bit funny about La Llorona is that basically every Latin American country has its own version of her story. In my country, the story is a little more about revenge and sadness, but also each version of each country has something special. Hello from Peru

[@tenshiangelina]

Even in Mexico we have different versions that nobody knows which is the original story

[@HubertDuck]

Petition for a messed up origins on ‘The Black Caldron’ from The Black Caldron and ‘A Night on Bald Mountain’ and ‘The Rite of Spring’ segments from Fantasia, as well as a messed up murders on Ed Gein.

[@hannahruth7211]

Yesss! Black Cauldron seriously needs to be addressed!

[@ahumanpersonjustahumanpers5759]

Oooo I really want him to un pack why death is a good guy in a lot of brothers grim stories

[@sally8708]

I figured the first episode of Supernatural probably had some roots in folklore (they always emphasize the lore), but I never really thought much about it. Quite an interesting video (but, even being new to the channel, I’d expect nothing less). Very well done!

[@aryabarlam2881]

When you started talking about the Filipino white lady in Balete Dr., It reminded me of when my parents drove my brother and me to that road just to scare us. I had an interesting childhood.

[@ilikewater1575]

I remember my mom telling me that when she was about 8 or 9 she heard crying near a river and when she went to investigate, she saw a woman dressed in white inside of the river searching for something, she felt uncomfortable for some reason so she ran back home and she said that she could have heard footsteps behind her

[@marcusblackwell2372]

Warning: do NOT watch videos where they claim they hear La Llrona's voice because if ya do, you might burst an ear drum

[@BostonBlondie143]

Omg do you really have that painting from "Goodfellas" behind you of the dogs Tommy's mother drew?! That's awesome!! 🤯💯😎😍

[@kimichan5]

That transition into the ad was pretty slick