Woman Hollering Creek

Woman Hollering Creek

Woman Hollering Creek is a creek located in Central Texas. At one point, it crosses Interstate 10, between Seguin, Texas and San Antonio, Texas.

The creek's name is probably a loose translation of the Spanish "La Llorona", or "The weeping woman". According to legend, a woman who has recently given birth drowns her newborn in the river because the father of the child either does not want it, or leaves with a different woman. The woman then screams in anguish from drowning her child. After her death, her spirit then haunts the location of the drowning and wails in misery. The legend has many different variations and there has even been occasional sightings of the restless woman's spirit.

Author and poet Sandra Cisneros wrote a collection of short stories entitled, "Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories", in 1991.

The creek is the subject of the song "River Called Woman Hollering" by the Electric Boy Rangers.

External links

* [http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasFolklore/WomanHolleringCreek/WomanHolleringCreek.htm a website devoted to the Legend of Woman Hollering Creek]
* [http://www.garageband.com/song?|pe1|S8LTM0LdsaSkY1K-ZmA "River Called Woman Hollering" at garageband.com]


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