: She typically appears as a tall, thin apparition dressed in a flowing white gown or rebozo (shawl).
The most common version of the tale tells of a beautiful young woman named who marries a wealthy man. After years of neglect and his eventual infidelity, Maria is consumed by a fit of uncontrollable rage and drowning her two children in a river. Realizing what she has done, she is overcome with grief and either drowns herself or dies of sorrow on the riverbank. The Legend of La Llorona
: Her spirit is condemned to wander the earth, eternally searching for her lost children. : She typically appears as a tall, thin
