La Llorona (Latin American legend)

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La Llorona is a widespread Latin American folk legend about the ghostly weeping woman who wanders near bodies of water mourning her drowned children and bringing misfortune to those who encounter her.

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Label	Occurrences
La Llorona	5
La Llorona (Latin American legend) canonical	1
The Legend of La Llorona	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18428479 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: La Llorona (Latin American legend)
Context triple: [La Llorona (Chilote variant), relatedTo, La Llorona (Latin American legend)]

A. La Llorona (Chilote variant)
La Llorona (Chilote variant) is a ghostly weeping woman from the folklore of Chile’s Chiloé Archipelago, associated with tragic loss and ominous encounters near water.
B. La Llorona
La Llorona is the acclaimed 1997 debut album by singer-songwriter Lhasa de Sela, known for its haunting blend of Latin, folk, and world music influences.
C. The Curse of La Llorona
The Curse of La Llorona is a 2019 supernatural horror film, loosely connected to The Conjuring Universe, that adapts the Latin American folk legend of the Weeping Woman haunting families and children.
D. Evangelina
Evangelina is a feminine given name of Spanish and Portuguese origin, generally considered a variant of Evangelina/Evangeline meaning “bringer of good news.”
E. La Viuda (Chilote legend)
La Viuda is a fearsome female spirit from Chilote mythology who lures and punishes unfaithful or unsuspecting men, often appearing as a seductive widow on lonely roads.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: La Llorona (Latin American legend)
Target entity description: La Llorona is a widespread Latin American folk legend about the ghostly weeping woman who wanders near bodies of water mourning her drowned children and bringing misfortune to those who encounter her.

A. La Llorona (Chilote variant)
La Llorona (Chilote variant) is a ghostly weeping woman from the folklore of Chile’s Chiloé Archipelago, associated with tragic loss and ominous encounters near water.
B. La Llorona
La Llorona is the acclaimed 1997 debut album by singer-songwriter Lhasa de Sela, known for its haunting blend of Latin, folk, and world music influences.
C. The Curse of La Llorona
The Curse of La Llorona is a 2019 supernatural horror film, loosely connected to The Conjuring Universe, that adapts the Latin American folk legend of the Weeping Woman haunting families and children.
D. Evangelina
Evangelina is a feminine given name of Spanish and Portuguese origin, generally considered a variant of Evangelina/Evangeline meaning “bringer of good news.”
E. La Viuda (Chilote legend)
La Viuda is a fearsome female spirit from Chilote mythology who lures and punishes unfaithful or unsuspecting men, often appearing as a seductive widow on lonely roads.
F. None of above. chosen