Colombian Legends

What is a myth?

• A myth is a traditional story or narrative that is passed down through generations and often involves supernatural elements, but is always related with reality.

• A myth is a conviction or acceptance that something is true or exists, often without proof or evidence.

• A myth is a scientific theory

• A myth is a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.

What is a legend?

• A legend is a conviction or acceptance that something is true or exists, often without proof or evidence.

• A legend is a type of map used for navigation.
• A legend is a traditional story or narrative that is passed down through generations and often involves supernatural elements, but is always related with the reality.

• A legend is a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.

What is a belief?

• A belief is a conviction or acceptance that something is true or exists, often without proof or evidence.
• A belief is a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.

• A belief is a traditional story or narrative that is passed down through generations and often involves supernatural elements, but is always related with the reality.

• A belief is a scientific fact

What does the weeping woman carry on her hands?

How do people who have seen The Weeping Woman describe her face?

Who does the weeping woman attack?

• She attacks midwives, doctors, and nurses who help pregnant women end their babies' lives before they are born.

• She attacks men who get young single women pregnant and then abandon them when the baby is born.

• She attacks ugly babies

• She attacks babies that look like hers

Why do you think the weeping woman attacks midwives, doctors and nurses who help pregnant women end the lives of their babies before they are born?

What does the weeping woman's endless crying symbolize and how does it relate to her behavior in the legend?

If you were to tell the legend of he weeping woman to someone who has never heard it before, what aspects would you emphasize and why?