Around four years ago, Eva Longoria was working with the NBC to develop a Latino "American Horror Story," which features Latin American folklore.

The series was not given a title yet, but the first season was revealed to focus on the ancient Latin American folklore "La Llorona" or the "weeping woman."

Who does not love a horror story every now and the? After all, stories about monsters and ghosts are not only told around Halloween.

"La Llorona" has been the most familiar Latin American folklore, with adaptations from supernatural dramas like "Grimm" and "Supernatural."

Here are some Latin American folklore that you might be missing:

1. El Cuco

El Cuco originates from Spain and is known to target, on some occasions, children. El Cuco was known to kidnap misbehaving children and was often used by parents to drive the fear of God into their children.

The Spanish folklore started at the beginning of the 20th Century and is said to be Francisco Ortega. 

Ortega was looking for a cure for his tuberculosis at the time and was told to drink the blood of children. He then kidnapped a 7-year old boy named Bernardo.

2. El Sombrerón 

El Sombrerón was known to originate from Guatemala. He was known to target young women and will tie a pack of mules outside her house to mark his territory.

El Sombrerón will begin to serenade her to get the woman to come home with him. If the woman followed him, he would feed her dirt so they can't fall asleep.

3. Duendes

Duendes are popular in Latin American countries. Even the Philippines has its own version of these elf-like creatures. This creature originated in Spain. Spain even had a law back in the 16th century, saying that if anyone moved into a home that was infested with duendes, they were free to abandon it.

Duendes has variations in different regions. Some believe that they are naughty spirits that hide in a person's home and wreak havoc. Others say that they are souls of infants, who died before they could be baptized. These creatures were mostly used to scare children if they refused to do their parents' bidding.

4. El Culebrón

El Culebrón was associated with buried treasure. Stories say that it was attracted to freshly buried treasures and would fiercely defend it. This creature was said to come from Chile.

It was also said that anyone who can tame the beast can draw wealth for themselves. But taming El Culebrón is not an easy task.

It was said that you have to find one in the wild, pluck three of its longest hairs, and put the hairs in a bowl of milk. All the best and try not to get eaten.

5. Pishtaco

Pishtaco originated from Peru and Bolivia and was said to be drawn from the real-life horrors experienced by the indigenous communities of Peru and Bolivia in the 15th century.

This was the time when these two countries were colonized. Its first account was written by a priest from Cristóbal de Molina. The priest spread the story by saying that Spaniard were going to kill them all and drain them of their fat.

Descriptions of the creature over the years changed but always tend to be versions of white men "invaders."

Stories have power. With them, people were able to pass culture from generations to generations. Drop the fairy stories once in a while and tell them the rich Latin American folklore.

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