Hispanic Cultural Figures And Legends
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- 1.
According to legend, this woman drowned her children to be with the man she loved who, in turn, rejected her. She wanders, looking for her dead children, in the night and you can hear her cries in the wind.
- A.
María Asesina
- B.
La Llorona
- C.
Tula Vieja
- D.
La Madre Terrible
- E.
La Señora de Azul
Correct Answer
B. La Llorona -
- 2.
A Clean cowboy.
- A.
El Huaso
- B.
Vaquero
- C.
Charro
- D.
Gaucho
- E.
Becerro
Correct Answer
A. El Huaso -
- 3.
This spirit can be recognized by her great age and the fact that she has a crow's foot for a hand. She is said to eat children.
- A.
Santa Muerte
- B.
Señora de la Huanca
- C.
Loup-Garou
- D.
Tula Vieja
- E.
La Virgen Sangrada
Correct Answer
D. Tula Vieja -
- 4.
The plumed serpent god revered by the Aztecs and the Mayas. Cortés arrived on the date and time predicting its reappearance thereby throwing Moctezuma into a confusing situation.
- A.
Huitzilopochtli
- B.
Quetzalcoatl/Kukulkan
- C.
Arriverderci
- D.
Popocateptl
- E.
Teotihuacán
Correct Answer
B. Quetzalcoatl/Kukulkan -
- 5.
This figure haunts a tiny country in South America. She is said to find sleeping victims and bites their big toe to suck out their blood.
- A.
Azeman
- B.
Santa Muerte
- C.
La Gran Dedota
- D.
Tula Vieja
- E.
La Señora de Huanca
Correct Answer
A. Azeman -
- 6.
A skeletal figure, usually with a scyth and globe that is revered by many in México. The Roman Catholic church outlaws venerance of this "saint" but shrines to it will be found throughout México.
- A.
Tula Vieja
- B.
Huitzilopochtli
- C.
Santa Muerte
- D.
Santa Jesusa de Malverde
- E.
La Catrina
Correct Answer
C. Santa Muerte -
- 7.
The "Narco Santo". Celebrated as a folk saint but outlawed by the Roman Catholic church. Sometimes known as the "generous saint" or "angel of the poor".
- A.
San Diego
- B.
San Martín de Dolor
- C.
Jesús Malverde
- D.
Dopominio Droguero
- E.
El Gran Teo
Correct Answer
C. Jesús Malverde -
- 8.
An Argentinian cowboy.
- A.
Huaso
- B.
Becerro
- C.
Gancho
- D.
Vaquero
- E.
Gaucho
Correct Answer
E. Gaucho -
- 9.
Venerated by a Christian sect/cult in Chile. A runaway Indian slave, Diego, hid out in a small cave and had a vision of Jesus Christ. He was asked to be a messenger of "my kindness and mercy" by Jesus. Diego left a small silver cross in the cave. When he returned later with villagers and the priest, the silver cross had been painted into the wall of the cave. An annual pilgrimage is made there by believers.
- A.
Lord of Huanca
- B.
Huitzilopochtli
- C.
Señor de la Cuevas
- D.
Mancu Capac
- E.
Azeman
Correct Answer
A. Lord of Huanca -
- 10.
This legend concerns a nun and mystic in Castilla, Spain. She was said to have visions in which she would travel great distances and minister to savages in an unsettled land. In the 1700's, a general of Spain serving in Texas heard the story of a beautiful woman who would come down to a local village to teach and minister to them. Their description was of this woman. Upon returning to Spain he spoke with her and "verified" that it was her and that she had never left Castilla and the cloistered nunnery.
- A.
Alfonsina y el Mar
- B.
Juana de Ibarbourou
- C.
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
- D.
Santa Muerte
- E.
The Lady in Blue
Correct Answer
E. The Lady in Blue -
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