Horror legends bristle in countries around the world. And Venezuela seethes with strange tales that form part of its myth for startling all various kinds of listeners , no matter their age.

In this announce you’ll predicted Venezuela’s most popular folktales that will certainly give you colds. Although there are different versions of each myth, in this upright I’ll tell you the ones I grew up with.

La Llorona( The Weeping Woman)

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La Llorona is a very popular figure in Latin American folklore. There are many differences of the fib according to the region. What follows is the edition I was told as a child.

Legend leads that, in the Venezuelan plains, there lived a young lady who fell in love with a soldier who vacated her after their baby was born.

Alone and desperate, the woman killed her baby. After recognizing what she had done, she lost her head and died of mourning and regret. It suggest that she still strays around sobbing “Ay, mi hijo”( Oh, my son) while looking for children to snatch.

The name Llorona comes from the verb llorar( cry, weep ). Her laments can be heard belatedly at night, seeing the fuzzs on the back of your neck stand up and icing your blood.

This story is often been said by mothers to their children when they don’t want them to stay up too late.

El Silbon( The Whistler)

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According to a myth often told in the rural specific areas of Venezuela, el Silbon is the alma en pena( lost soul) of a young man who one day killed his own parent in retribution because he assassinated his son’s girlfriend, as he didn’t approve their relationship.

After he killed “his fathers”, the young man’s granddad made it upon himself to punish him by tying him to a tree and thumping him with a flog until he bled. Then, he denounced him to carry his father’s remains in a sack on his back.

As the son walked away into the plains, his granddad bawled at him,” Eso no se le hace a su padre … Maldito eres para toda la vida”( You shall not do that to your father-god … You are damned for all heaven) and name his crazed dogs after him.

It is said that the boy’s espiritu( feel, ghost) accompanies death and destruction to anyone who comes across him. His haunt is described as an extremely tall and skinny subject who wears a raising hat and silba( whistles) the memoranda do, re, mi, fa, so, la, si( the musical notes C, D, E, F, G, A, B ).

He is very tricky while misleading his martyrs. When his whistling is heard up open, he is far away; but when it is heard from afar, you better start operating as he is actually nearby.

La Sayona

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The story runs that a beautiful young woman who lived in a small town in the grasslands of Venezuela was married to a love and compassionate husband, with whom she had a baby boy.

One day, a adult who was privately in love with her–looking for an opportunity to botch her marriage–warned her: “Tu esposo te ha sido infiel con tu propia madre”( Your partner is having an occasion with your own mother ).

The young woman couldn’t contain her rampage and ran away dwelling, where her husband and her child were. Blind with feeling, she determined the entire house on fire with them still inside.

Then, she went to her mother’s house and knifed her. As the mother was bleeding to death, she cursed the woman:” Has cometido un pecado. Sayona seras para siempre”( You have committed a guilt. I blaspheme you, Sayona ). From the working day, the young woman grew la Sayona and remains a lost soul.

La Sayona sounds as a ravishing and beautiful maiden who dares married men and lures them into the forest. Formerly alone, she reveals her actual appearance–a stinking corpse–and downs her victim. The honour sayona comes from sayo( smock ), an outer wear are exploited by maids long ago.

Watch the videos below to listen to other versions of the floors and rehearsal your listening.

El Silbon

La Sayona

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