La Llorona: The Weeping Woman
Long ago, in the ancient city of Mexico-Tenochtitlán, when its canals still mirrored the stars and the scent of copal drifted from temple fires, there lived a woman whose beauty was known across the land. She was of noble Indigenous birth, proud, graceful, and kind, beloved by her people and admired even by the Spaniards who had newly come to conquer her
