The myth of La Llorona has a number of variations and differs depending of the region of Latin America. The myth of La Llorona has been passed down from one generation to the next to scare children into behaving - particularly young girls to prep them for their future roles of being a mother.

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            The basic premise of the myth follows a beautiful young mother who greatly desires to go out for a night of dancing and cannot find someone to look after her infant child. There are two widely circulated depictions - the mother drowns the infant before the dance or the child is placed near a river and while at the dance the tide of the river rises and the child is swept downstream disappearing. In all depictions of the story, La Llorona turns into a hideous monster and is heard crying up and down stream forever. 

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         Inspired by Henry's Selick's film Coraline, I created La Llorona to the best of my ability similarly to the style of Mel Jones and the other Mother. I created La Llorona to have round youthful feminine features and transformed her into a malnourished frail monster through stop-motion animation. 

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