The tale of La Llorona goes like this... a woman discovers her husband cheated on her she drowns her children in madness. After her madness fades she kills herself because of the guilt she has for drowning her children.
La Llorona is a myth originating in Mexico. La Llorona is a popular version of the woman in white or weeping woman myth. La Llorona translates to "the wailing woman". Some people consider the wailing woman as being some version of a banshee do to their similar appearance.
In Mexico's La Llorona she appears in white near lakes or rivers crying because she drowned her children.
Why do we tell children to toss coins in a well and make a wish? Well, it depends whether you go for the European, Celts, or Norse tales and beliefs.
Wishing wells were common in Europe. It was believed that when a person spoke their wishes the spirits that lived in the water would grant them. If they were bribed by dropping a coin into the water.
In the Celts history their is a famous temple around spring water that is dedicated to a Celtic goddess. Archaeologists found small gifts like pottery, buttons, beads, and coins dating back to around 407 C.E.
Within Norse mythology there is a tale in which Odin throws his eye in the Well of Wisdom as payment for the wisdom he received. Now there are an abundance of cultures that have similar tales that ties back to the origin of the wishing well but these were the ones that I found most interesting. I hope you did to!
Have you ever heard sailors mention Davy Jones or his famous locker? Do you know what is said to be in this locker? Well, it is said that Davy Jones's locker is the resting place of thousands of sailors who drowned at sea.
The first reference to Davy Jones was in the 18th century 1726. The first reference to Davy Jones Locker was in 1803. There are quite a few versions and debates concerning this myth. The most prolific version is the ghost ship that is doomed to sail forever much like the Flying Dutchman in the Pirates of the Caribbean. Davy Jones has also been thought to be the evil god of the sea. In another version Davy Jones was a man who owned a pub and killed men who where drunk or sold them to slave ships.
You know that rhyme...Columbus sailed the ocean blue? Well he also sailed through the Bermuda Triangle. In fact, he made the one of the earliest sighting of something odd in the area now known as the Bermuda Triangle. He reported seeing a green fire crashing into the ocean. As well as a weird light several weeks later.
The 500,000 square miles of bad luck in the Atlantic ocean has had many strange wrecks and disappearances. In 1918 the USS Cyclops disappeared without sending any distress signals. In 1941 2 ships similar to the USS Cyclops vanished in nearly the same spot and in both disappearances no wreckage was ever found. Planes vanish, compasses malfunction. Over all, not even the luckiest ship has a chance.
