La Llorona is Older Than You Think
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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The Aztec Goddess La Malince
La Llorona is a Nahuwah woman who was enslaved by the Spanish and worked directly with Hernandez Cortez. She gave birth to his son, considered symbolically one of the first mestizos. But if you look at art over the centuries, then you'll see that this woman's reputation in the public sphere shifts back and forth over time.
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