La Llorona

In the provided summary, La Llorona's central origin motif is maternal filicide: she is described as a woman who drowned her children in a river and now roams bodies of water mourning them. The supplied excerpt frames this act and her ongoing mourning as the source of her vengeful ghost-status. The source does not supply variant origin narratives, historical development, or deeper cultural context beyond identifying her as a mourning woman tied to a river.

The supplied material identifies the figure simply as a woman who cries; no further physical description (clothing, age, distinguishing marks) is given in the provided excerpt.

According to the source excerpt, La Llorona is vengeful and is said to roam near bodies of water mourning the children she drowned. Folklore as cited attributes to her crying the consequence that whoever hears it will suffer misfortune, death, or become extremely unsuccessful in life. The source does not describe other supernatural abilities (for example, shape‑changing, possession, or speech beyond crying) or detail mechanisms by which her cries bring harm.