What Is La Leyenda Negra Myth Or Reality

14. La Llorona – Is based on an old Hispanic urban legend revolving around the ghost of a woman who drowned her children in a river. She is also known as “The Weeping Woman”, is said to let out deep cries. This story is often used by parents to scare children from wandering the streets at night.

The Filipino people had helped the US fight the Spanish-American War in hope to gain independence in return. However, instead of gaining independence the Philippines was annexed to the United States on December 10, 1898. When the Filipino’s had found they were going to be ruled over once again they were very unhappy, after all they had helped the US. When Aguinaldo had found out that the Philippines were going to be controlled by the US, he had declared war on the United States.

The legend, La Llorona or the weeping woman is one of the best known classic Hispanic tales. Many versions of La Llorona are told universally, but has origin roots from Mexico. This folklore typically involves a restless, ghostly entity as a beautiful lady dressed in white who wanders at night and is seen or heard wailing for her dead children. Because of a heartbreak la Llorona killed her own children. It is said that her soul now wanders sadly calling her children appearing mysteriously in different areas especially along rivers, oceans or other bodies of water. Many believe myths or legends are only for entertainment, but some can have an underlying message.

There can be no doubt that we had full knowledge that they were fighting for their own independence.” The United States understands that the Filipinos wants their own independence but still annexed the Philippine because they think it was the right thing to do without asking the Filipinos what they want and their

The writings of Bartolomé de las Casas, particularly his "Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias" from 1542 is an account about the mistreatment of the native people of the Americas. It has often been described as the first work to contribute to the Black Legend. In figure #1 is a depiction of the treatment of the natives in the New World, drawn by Theodore De Bry's for Las Casas's writings. De Bry was a Frenchman who traveled around Europe. He was Protestant and had no knowledge of Native Americans and had no love for the Catholic Spanish. Theodor de Bry also engraved figure #2. It shows an attack by Spanish on New World natives

Where as Mexico and Mexicans are described in another light with references to a holocaust and “violent and traumatic.” Spaniards were “brutal and callous,” and Spanish law a “chaotic jumble” (7, 10, 13).

“A ghostly woman wanders along canals and rivers, crying for her missing children, called La Llorona, ‘the Weeping Woman.’”

Spain during the 16th century has been described as a time of oppression, a time of exploitation of the subordinate class. For example, in the text of The Life of Lazarillo De Tormes a gluttonist priest offers Lazarillo scraps of an Eucharist bread, that was nibbled by mice. The priest tells Lazaro to take the bread, stating “There, eat that. The mouse is a clean animal.” This shows the how the higher class sees the lower class, it shows how they believe in offerings coming from them should be taken as a gift, even if a literal rodent has tampered with it. Most who could live during this this time usually were those who held high levels of intelligence and were also devious. Due to this, Lazarillo, being a man who holds the fore told

I had a ex girlfriend that she loves scary movies. But her favorite scary movies have to to do with la llorona. La llorona is her favorite myth. She became a popular legend in mexico.

Our country is rich in culture; the occupation of the Spanish, the American, and the Japanese gave the Philippines its diverse and unique culture. This exceptional culture we have in our country has produced numerous brilliant individuals, who up to this day are still well recognized. So it is safe to say that part of the reason why they became who they were is because of their culture; because of our culture. (Ong, 2011)

Another is that Filipinos have a culture of apathy and tend to use religion incorrectly and passively. People depend on religion and settle for what’s okay. In addition, the initial reaction of Filipinos to change is resistance, and this is why the country does not necessarily progress, or at least, progress at a continuous rate. Then, countries like Spain and Portugal only rode the “economic tiger” after “they realized that the only way to survive was change” (3.Y). Plus, according to another critic, the Philippines already had the experience of being under the parliamentary system during the time of Marcos which only resulted in a People Power Revolution. So why should the country bother going back to that? (4.Y)

Furthermore, descriptions of the Mongoose afford it an inspirational, if not heroic, stature that works to praise and elevate blackness in society. As seen above, the Mongoose is described as “an amiable golden lion eyes and the absolute black of its pelt” (Diaz 149). Perhaps the most important feature for the Mongoose, as an opponent of the anti-blackness, is the “absolute black of its pelt”. Considering the Mongoose as their saviour, it is significant that the De Leons, who exhibit black features themselves, are saved by a character that is “absolute black”. Diaz is going against the usual trope of the white saviour, thereby allowing for blackness to be seen as desirable and admirable rather than something to be eradicated per the Trujillo regime. It is also important that the black De Leons are saved by a black hero because it places the task of resistance in the hands of black people themselves. It shows that white people are not needed by blacks and affords the heroic, saviour qualities to a figure that, like the victims, is also black. Calling the black Mongoose “very beautiful” also fights against constant repudiations of black features in the text, as seen when Beli’s “black complexion” at birth is taken “as an ill omen” (Dias 248).

Extra Human as Deuteragonists: Dramatic Representation of Myth, Folktales and Legends in the Works of Federico Garcia Lorca

The Spanish colonization in the Philippines lead to us to make some questions in our mind on how does the Filipino survived? Even though they

However, the idea of forcing the western culture on the original people failed. Also, the Spanish brought foreign diseases with them to the Filipinos. Such as smallpox and leprosy. Finally, under the Spanish rule, the Philippines became part of the Spanish monarchy. This made other countries refuse to trade with the Philippines. There were one thing that was successful in the Spanish colonization, this was the influence of the Spanish language. Once the Philippines knows about the Spanish language, it became the main (official) language in Philippines. Wasn't a long amount of time until they changed it again to Tagalog, their old