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Colombian myths and legends
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Colombian myths and legends
Lina POLANCO
PAOLA GONZALEZ
JUAN CAMILO CAYON
JUAN ANDRES MONROY
FIN
LA LLORONA
The weeping
woman
Guatavita
Challenged at the gates of heaven as to the whereabouts of her children, she is not permitted to enter the afterlife until she has found them. Maria is forced to wander the Earth for all eternity, searching in vain for her drowned offspring, with her constant weeping giving her the name "La Llorona".
Guatavita
Here , the Guaique Cacique - ( Indian Chief)- , took possession, being prepared since childhood in the Cuca – ceremonial house- in pursuit of the knowledge he required to guide his people. To prove his strength he had to come pure in thought and had to be able to control body with his mind before feminine caress.
For the ceremony he was anoint with honey , frailejon´s balm and gold powder that represented the seed.
Guatavita
The Weeping Woman
They got on the raft and took it to the center of the lagoon; when the sun appeared , the future Guiaque penetrated and fertilized her and, she in her spiritual dimension gave him the power.
When he came out the water, he was El Muisca. El Guaique. He was dressed and with the sound of drums the tribute started offering Guatavita, quartz, emeralds and , gold.
This ceremony gave birth to the legend El Dorado ( the golden) , that awakened the ambition of the conquerors.
La Llorona or The Weeping Woman is a widespread legend in Mexico, Puerto Rico and Central America. Although several variations exist, the basic story tells of a beautiful woman by the name of Maria killing her children by drowning them, in order to be with the man that she loved. When the man rejects her, she kills herself.