Three Venezuelan urban legends.
The Whistler:
Is a Venezuelan historic character, specially at Los Llanos, described how suffering soul, the legend of the Whistler arise at XIX Century.
The legend
He have a characteristic whistle it seems to musical notes Do, re, mi, fa, sol, la si, in the same way raising up to fa and falling to Si, hitting all the notes in the musical scale. People say when their whistle it’s hear too close there are no danger because he’s away from you but when their whistle it’s hearing so far he is too close to you and it’s dangerous, they say that their whistle is omen of the dead , it can be in somewhere and some part of the day. The people who tell the story says that when you hear the whistle so far the only thing that can save your life is barking dog, a pepper or a whip. The ghost usually attacks to the womanizers.
The story says that The Whistler was a indulged guy and once time he want eat a barbecue and his father took their rifle and go out to hunt some animal and the whistler was angry because their father it took a lot time and took other rifle and go out to looking for their father, when he found their father, he pulled the trigger and shot killing to their father, he took out his visceras and go with his mother to make the barbecue, His mother desperate because it was too late and his husband don’t come back to home, this guys confess their sin and their Grandfather moored to a wooden electric pole in the middle of Los llanos and he destroy his back with lashes and clean their wounds with hot water, after set him free with a two rabid dogs and he cursed to carry with the bones of their father in a bag over him for all the eternity.
The whistler habits in Venezuela, Los llanos, wandering in summer by its earth, picking up dust in its hands and putting it in its sack, in winter which wandering soul wanders with thirst of death, added to the immense pleasure that causes to punish drunkards, vagabonds and womanizers, including one or another innocent victim on his long list. You count the llaneros that the drunks suck the navel, taking all the liquor that houses their body, while the womanizers tear them apart, taking their bones to be put into the respective sack that they carry on their backs. It is also said that The whistler usually appears in houses sitting down to count the bones, if more than one person hears it whistling nothing will happen but if it is not heard surely one of the inhabitants of the house will not wake up again.
Its whistle is characteristic, those who have had the opportunity to see or hear it say that when it is perceived nearby it is because there is no danger but caution must be exercised when you hear it away because surely the whistle is closer to what you believe and with it is undeniable death, for the protection of the persecuted recommend the use of chili or the barking of a dog, because nothing scares him more than remembering his past.
La Sayona
The Sayona is a spectrum belonging to the oral literature of Venezuelan folklore, based on a legend that tells the appearance of an elegant and tall woman who punishes unfaithful men. It is native to the Venezuelan region of the plains.
It appears in multiple anthologies of stories in Venezuela. It is extended its use to scare children and superstitious, and has been included in some textbooks for elementary.1 Even La Sayona, has had songs like "alma llanera" or "narrative song". Where is a song of llaneras legends of Venezuela. She is also confused with the weeping woman, who is a spirit with many similarities.
The legend
One of the most famous legends of Venezuela is that of, La Sayona, the female that any man will ever want to find alone or accompanied. Normally he appears to men who are unfaithful to their partners and go partying there.
Casilda was called in life and was a very jealous woman, who killed her husband and mother, thinking that they had an affair. Her mother, in the agony of death, cursed her, saying "Sayona will be forever, and in the name of God, so be it." Since then his soul in pain wanders without rest or peace, chasing unfaithful men to conquer them and then kill them.
It is also said that La Sayona has the peculiarity of "unfolding", this means that it can be presented as a dog, a wolf or as the woman described above.
The legend also tells that La Sayona always wears white and that her particular cry can be heard in the distance and that it also bristles the hairs of those who hear it.
So if you are one of those men, who enjoy thinking that you can have several women, BE CAREFUL when walking at night in dark little crowded places, because one of these days La Sayona may decide to pay you a visit.
La Llorona
La Llorona is a specter of Latin American folklore that, according to oral tradition, is presented as the soul in pain of a woman who murdered or lost her children, looks for them in vain and frightens with her overwhelming weeping to those who see or hear her . Although the legend has many variants according to its region, the core facts are the same.
The legend
Legend has it that La Llorona is the soul in pain of a very young woman who had love with a soldier. From those loves she became pregnant with a girl, to whom she gave birth. The soldier abandoned her and she, having no idea how to raise an infant, desperate for the child's cry, killed her with her own hands. When the young woman saw what she had done, she began to cry and scream loudly, which attracted neighbors and relatives. Seeing what happened, they cursed her. She ran to the plain and became frightened. She is always crying, and when she enters the villages they say she calls her daughter. It is known to steal children who are alone, either in their homes or on the banks of rivers or streams. In general, she is heard crying during Holy Week.
According to other versions, La Llorona was a young girl who lived in a small town in the Venezuelan plains. This girl every time she gave birth to a son killed him mercilessly. He confessed everything to the priest who lived in his village, adding that he felt no remorse for what he had done. The priest noticed that she was pregnant again and told the girl that when she had her son, she would feed him before killing him, and she did so; after giving him breast milk he killed him, but his maternal instinct was activated, making him feel a great guilt. Since then, he wanders through the fields crying in pain, looking for his children and scaring everyone who crosses his path.
She is represented as a young woman, with long brown hair and white skin. She is wearing a long white coat and a black robe with a hood over it, and she usually carries a baby in her arms. He cries and shouts saying "My son, my son!"
Sometimes mothers punish and frighten their children by telling them that if they disobey them, La Llorona will come to look for them and scare them at night.
The difference between the Llorona and the Sayona is that the latter usually only dresses in white, has red eyes and fangs that look like a lion. It frightens, kills or makes crazy men who are or were unfaithful, not to all people or children, as La Llorona does.