Now called La Llorana, she attacks those who venture to the river at night, looking to kill people in her grief.
Her ghost came back and continued the vigil, wailing and screaming in the night. Maria walked the riverside in her white gown, crying for her sons, until she died of starvation on the river bank. Either way, she was responsible for their deaths, and could not bear the guilt. In another version of the story, the children died while Maria was away cavorting with other men. He even preferred the company of his sons over her, which drove her to a jealous rage one night and she threw the two boys in the Santa Fe River and they drowned. But the handsome husband grew bored and turned to other women and ignored Maria. They were happy together for a time, and she bore two sons. She rejected most of her suitors, and married the most handsome young ranchero around. La Llorona means "the weeping woman." This legendary ghost of New Mexico was once a beautiful woman named Maria.
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