http://www.metafilter.com/tags/lallorona Posts tagged with 'lallorona' at MetaFilter. Fri, 31 Oct 2003 11:55:37 -0800 Fri, 31 Oct 2003 11:55:37 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/29308/Bogeymen <a href="http://encina.pntic.mec.es/~agonza59/">CocoWeb</a> (<a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://encina.pntic.mec.es/~agonza59/">trans</a>) is a project which has assembled 516 <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://encina.pntic.mec.es/~agonza59/lista.htm">manifestations</a> of the Bogeyman in Latin America. The list includes the well-known Coco or Cucuy, a dark figure who makes an appearance in the art world as <a href="http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/imag/1946/00D1/0040/1946-D1-40-0003-m01.html">the subject</a> of one of Goya's <a href="http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/coll/grps/goya/goya_intro.html">Caprichos</a>. Any Hispanic child can tell you about <a href="http://www.lallorona.com/">La Llorona</a>, a grieving woman who walks in the night (familiar enough to be used in a controversial <a href="http://www.nikdaum.com/artnew/a95.htm">got milk? ad</a>). In South America they can tell you about the <a href="http://www.pantheon.org/articles/h/hombre_del_saco.html">Sack-Man</a>, on of the original bogeymen, who walks in the darkness, looking for children to throw into his sack. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.29308 Fri, 31 Oct 2003 11:55:37 -0800 advertisements bogeyman caprichos coco cucuy goya lallorona latinamerica sackman supernatural vacapinta