Mexican folklore
26 entries in the Mexican Folklore compendium.
AlburA Mexican Spanish double entendre word play.Árbol del TuleA Montezuma cypress with the world's stoutest trunk.Ascalapha odorataLarge nocturnal moth linked to death omens in the Americas.ChanequeSmall sprite-like guardians of nature in Mexican folklore.Chihuahua (dog breed)Smallest recognized dog breed, with pre-Columbian ancestry.La CucarachaA folk song about a cockroach that cannot walk.Day of the DeadA holiday honoring the dead with humor, altars, and marigolds.DuendeA folkloric humanoid figure from Iberian and Latin American traditions.Juan Flores (outlaw)Californio outlaw and folk hero of the 1850s.Ghosts in Mexican cultureMexican ghost beliefs blend indigenous and Catholic traditions.Our Lady of GuadalupeCatholic title of Mary associated with 1531 apparitions in Mexico.House of the Count De la Torre Cosío y la Cortina, Mexico CityAn 18th-century mansion tied to a legendary murder spree.Huay ChivoLegendary Maya beast; evil sorcerer that shapeshifts into a goat.Huei tlamahuiçolticaA 1649 Nahuatl tract recounting the Guadalupan apparitions.Don Pedro JaramilloCurandero and folk saint of South Texas.Milagro (votive)Folk charms used as votive offerings for healing and devotion.NagualHuman shapeshifter linked to a tonal animal spirit.OnzaLegendary cat of Mexican folklore, possibly a jaguarundi or cougar variant.Our Lady of San Juan de los LagosMarian image venerated in Mexico and Texas.ParachicoTraditional dancers of Chiapa de Corzo's January festival.Catarina de San JuanEnslaved Asian woman who became a revered saint in colonial Mexico.San PascualitoFolk saint venerated as King of the Graveyard.Santa MuerteSkeletal folk saint of death, healing, and protection.Pedro UrdemalesTrickster figure from Spanish and Latin American folklore.Tiburcio VásquezCalifornio bandido active in California from 1854 to 1874.Pancho VillaMexican revolutionary and guerrilla leader of the Mexican Revolution.
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