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   [Date]: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 19:51:34 +0100 
   [From]: K.Eichelkraut-G.Weber <webkraut@wlink.com.np>
     [To]: forum1 <forum1@hkw.kbx.de>
[Subject]: La Llorona

Hello again

Many thanks for your messages with the different versions of the legend. As
I mentioned before, I'm really interested in personal versions, what people
remember from the story even if it is incomplete, like Jose Roca's version
which is different from most of the others I have heard about (on the bones
aspect). Some legends are cruel and scary but I think they served clear
purposes in determined circumstances and time and also reflect very much of
cultures and people. 'La Llorona' has something that both upsets and
attracts me, and I think that it reflects very much of our (latino)
culture. By the way I'm colombian (and in Nepal for familiar reasons, Abelardo) and my country haunts me like one of these legend ghosts.
Saludos y gracias de nuevo.

Karin Eichelkraut
<webkraut@wlink.com.np>