The most controversial woman in the history of Mexico and her relationship with the legend of "La Llorona"

When the conquistador Hernán Cortés received as a gift twenty or so slaves as a gift to try to appease his fury against the natives, he did not imagine that any one of them would not only have an impact on him, but would also be the mother of 39, one of his children.

With the filming of the movie Hernán about the life of the conqueror, the character from "La Malinche" come back to life

Known in the Nahuatl language, that spoken by the Aztecs, such as Malintzin or Malinalli, the woman, who will later be identified as "La Malinche", was born at the end of the 15th century. According to historians, his early years would have pbaded into the state of Veracruz.

It would have been daughter of a caciqueAs a first-born, he inherited his father's estates, but upon his death, his mother, Cimatl, married another native chief with whom he conceived a man, who finally got what was due to Malintzin , according to a recount by BBC World about this controversial character in Mexican history.

As a child, Malintzin it would have been given to other aboriginal peoples and so began to spread the rumor that he was dead. Minor was sold as a slave and bought by a cacique of Tabasco, who later gave it to Cortes to try to appease his fury against the Mayan people in this state after the battle of Cintla, in which he was victorious.

The concubinage has been accepted at that time, but only with baptized women so that, after being given to the conqueror, Malintzin received the Catholic faith and the name of Marina.

Initially Cortes had handed him over to one of his captainsAlfonso Hernández, but after discovering that it would be helpful to him to understand Nahuatl and Maya, her lover did it when she was 15 years old.

The woman was gaining importance during the crossing of Cortes to the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, as part of her plan to defeat the empire.

The chronicles of Bernal Díaz del Castillo describe it as a woman "intrusive and unpacked" who commanded all the Indians in New Spain.

Some point out that when he fell in love with Hernán Cortés, he began to defend the interests of the Spaniards instead of those of the Indians of his race, who they were mbadacred by the conquerorsThis is why in Mexico it is known as "malinchistas" for those who despise their roots.

From the relationship between Malintzin and Hernán Cortés Birth of Martín Cortés, the first Mexican half-breed who is known by his first and last name, according to BBC World.

However, Cortes returned to Spain and took the son of bothleaving his lover alone and despised by those of his own race.

According to the Mexican historian Efraín Franco Frías, at the time of the colony (1521-1821), history began to strengthen "The Llorona", this woman who, in different places, hears the night crying for her children, It was an indigenous woman known as "Malinche".

"The name of & # 39; Malinche & # 39; mean traitorand the Indians saw in it the incarnation of treason and the loss of their son. For the Mexican people, it is a symbol of maternity, but sad motherhood, offended and humiliated by the sad role of the gift. her son and she will never see him again, "said Frias. Infobae Mexico in October 2018.

"It becomes an instrument of treason and also in the symbol of the bad mother who is not able to defend his son and indulges in temptations, pleasures, "said the historian.

She said that after the birth of her son, the woman was harshly criticized for not doing anything to not remove her and afterwards "La Llorona" begins to make sense different

The Catholic Church has changed the story to make it sense that if you are a woman and you indulge in forbidden love (like Malinche), you do not fulfill the traditional duties of a mother: you will be condemned to suffering and to wandering in the underworld"