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el inombrable, please educate me. I had never heard of "El hombre pajaro".
I have heard of owls that turn into witches and vice versa, at night. Are we perhaps talking about the same thing?
I should also say that urban legends are not limited to scary ones. There are some that pertain to local history or history of Mexico in general. My grandmother talked about "La Revolucion de la Cristera" a lot. Many Mexican Americans were not even aware that in those times, it was a bad thing to own a bible because you would risk getting killed. It is also important to notice that a lot of the stories in Mexico involving finding treasures of money and gold (at least the ones that I was told of) were involving this era. People would hide their gold in places where it could not be found. Such is the case where in my local town, about five years ago, the local government decided to remodel the public restrooms. Interestingly enough, while digging the workers found a significant amount of gold hidden underneath.
El tragabalas El Piporro El tragabalas video youtube (http://www.fireangel.biz/v-El+Piporro++El+tragabalas-riYvUh5SlD4 - broken link)
El hombre pajaro. Las Reseñas de Saint...y algo más!: Historias de la Madrugada..." El hombre pájaro, en Monterrey" (http://resenasdesaint.blogspot.com/2006/07/historias-de-la-madrugada-el-hombre.html - broken link)
Many towns and cities in Mexico have their own urban legends.
Not just Mexico... I grew up in San Juan Capistrano, CA., which is an old Misson town with a rich Mexican heritage founded back in the 18th century. We kids were told to watch for La Llorona at night along the banks of the Trabuco.
We also had "La Señora Blanca" of Del Obispo Street to fear on summer nights. She was supposed to be the spirit of a jilted woman, completely dressed in white, who committed suicide upon learning of her husband's infidelities.
Then there were the brujas who lived in various places. One particularly memorable bruja was old Chita Sanchez who lived in an old shack near the Mission cemetary. We didn't bother Chita, she scared us. She really was strange.
Another alleged bruja was an ancient, gnarled vieja named Lupe Banda. When I was a senior in high school I got to know her. She wasn't no bruja, she just looked like one. She was actually a sweet lady. Stupid kids.
My grandmother talked about "La Revolucion de la Cristera" a lot.
Just as an FYI: "La guerra cristera" or "guerra de los Cristeros" is not an urban legend. Saddly, it happened for real. It was a shameful 3 year conflict between the Catholic church and the goverment. Maybe you thinik of it as an urban legend because people were forbiden to talk about it back then.
And for "El hombre pájaro" is a modern urban legend like "el chupacabras" it is supposed to be a man covered with feathers who lives and flies by "El cerro de la Silla" near Monterrey. Same as el chupacabras... everybody knows about him but no one has ever saw him.
More than an urban myth, I consider those both a generalized lie.
That you can't drink the water. The public water supply is safe to drink in just about every town in Mexico, unlss there has been a recent climatic event (like a flood) that would cause problems in the system.
Just as an FYI: "La guerra cristera" or "guerra de los Cristeros" is not an urban legend. Saddly, it happened for real. It was a shameful 3 year conflict between the Catholic church and the goverment. Maybe you thinik of it as an urban legend because people were forbiden to talk about it back then.
And for "El hombre pájaro" is a modern urban legend like "el chupacabras" it is supposed to be a man covered with feathers who lives and flies by "El cerro de la Silla" near Monterrey. Same as el chupacabras... everybody knows about him but no one has ever saw him.
More than an urban myth, I consider those both a generalized lie.
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Absolutely not..."En lo absoluto." I was not trying to insinuate that "La guerra de la Cristera" was a myth or a legend. I know it is fact and like I said, my grandmother talks about those stories all the time. I have never experienced people having a difficult time talking about it, like you said but maybe I have not talked about it with enough people to know that.
What I was refering to was those legends that are connected to our history. For example, I mentioned how during "La guerra de la Cristera" people used to burry or hide their gold or possesions of value. There are plenty of legends or folktales of people that have came back from the dead to let someone know of where they could find gold. Then you hear of people all of a sudden rich and were poor as can be. Does this ring a bell? Do you know what I am talking about?
BTW, thanks for the link. Good info.
I also agree with you that chupacabras is not a legend.
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