Overview
- Academic and folkloric accounts link the legend’s nocturnal lament to the Mexica figure Cihuacóatl, whose cries were recorded by chroniclers as omens before the conquest.
- A widely told colonial-era version centers on a mestiza who drowns her children and wanders searching for them, as explained by oral narrator and UNAM instructor Brenda Ivette Delgadillo Hernández.
- La Crónica de Hoy reports that locals in Dolores Hidalgo point to a crypt at Hacienda Siete Reales as “the tomb of La Llorona,” noting a plaque dated 1923 and claims of nighttime wails since 1850.
- Some residents also allege Vatican-led exorcisms in the area, a claim presented in local lore without independent verification.
- Grupo Milenio confirms the Xochimilco stage production’s final performance for this season on November 16 at Embarcadero Cuemanco, featuring music, dance and a trajinera journey.