5 short Mexican legends that will amaze you

the crybaby

It is the most popular Mexican legend. It tells of a mestizo woman who had 3 children with an important Spanish gentleman out of wedlock. After years of asking him to formalize her relationship, the woman learned that the gentleman had joined a high-class Spanish lady.

As revenge, the mestizo woman took her children to the river to drown them; after her she took her own life due to her guilt. Her soul would wander in sorrow through the streets of the city for all eternity, crying out in regret for having killed her children.

the street of the burnt

During colonial times a Spanish family arrived in New Spain. The couple's daughter, a 20-year-old girl, immediately attracted all the wealthy men who wanted to marry her. But it was an Italian marquis who decided to win her over.

Every day she posed under her balcony, challenging any man who loved her to a duel. Every morning the lifeless bodies of innocent bystanders who dared to go through her window appeared. Heartbroken for causing these deaths, the young woman decided to disfigure her face.

She brought her face close to the burning coal, thus erasing all traces of her beauty. However, the Marquis continued with her proposal, as he assured that he loved her inside her.

Moved, the young Ella agreed to be his wife. She spent the rest of her life hiding her face with a black veil; Her Balcony Street was renamed in her honor.

the island of dolls

In the tourist channel of Xochimilco, in Mexico City, there is a place completely covered by thousands of dolls. The owner of the area, Don Julián, placed them throughout the island to drive away the spirit of a girl, who drowned among the lilies and stalked him at night.

Over time the place attracted a large number of visitors, who brought Don Julián more dolls for his protection. As he grew older, Don Julián used to say that a siren from the river had been visiting him for a long time to take him away. When the man died of cardiac arrest, his body was found by the water.

the vampire tree

This legend is set in colonial times, specifically in Guadalajara. It tells that Jorge, a rich European man, went out into the street every night, which caused animals to die. However, the animals were transformed into people.

When the neighbors began to search for the person responsible, they found Jorge biting another person in the neck, in the Belén Pantheon. They realized that he was a vampire.

One day, the people decided to chase him, but Jorge ran away. So, the city priest looked for him at his house to solve the problem by performing an exorcism. The vampire Jorge got angry and a neighbor attacked him, sticking a sword into his chest.

The neighbors buried the vampire in the Belén Pantheon, where a tree grew disturbingly on Jorge's tombstone. According to legend, if the tree is cut down one day, the vampire will return to avenge his death.

the ironing

Some time ago, Eulalia, a kind and patient nurse, worked at the Juárez hospital in Mexico City. Everyone recognized her for her good attitude, her care and her impeccable clothes and always well ironed.

In the hospital she fell in love with a doctor, whom she promised to marry; however, he never told her that she was already engaged. After her disappointment, she Eulalia fell ill, neglected her patients and finally died.

Thousands of mourners in the city have claimed to have been cared for by the nurse, who now roams the hospital like a lost soul, caring for patients in need.