La Viuda

La Viuda (The Widow in English or The Widow in Black) is name of an chilean spirit who still roams the lonely mines and path in chile.

Description
Legend has it that the Widow would be a very powerful ghost that is dedicated to attacking lonely people at night.

This legend, together with the legend of La Calchona and the Chilean version of La Llorona myth are one of the most characteristic groups of female legend characters of the Chilean center folklore. However, paradoxically, sometimes these three figures of legends are often confused and / or mix their characteristics.

Since the word "widow" is a generic adjective, it is worth mentioning that there are also other versions of the legend in America, as well as other legends that are sometimes also known as "the widow"; which is why they are sometimes confused and mix the legends that have this same name.

Legend
The legend says that the Widow, would be the soul in pain of a woman or a witch, that being alone and abandoned when dying the love of his life; She went mad with grief and anger, and therefore decided to take revenge on every man. This is how it is said that product of the eternal hatred he felt towards men, before dying he would have made a pact with the devil to continue with his revenge; which would have transformed her into this terrifying demon-possessed specter.

From that day the lonely horsemen of the rural zones of Chile, always have fear that when traveling solitary by some way in the nights, an encounter with the fateful Widow takes place. For this reason, they are always careful to ensure that the figure of a woman who is said to be wearing a black dress that covers her completely does not appear on the road; and to which you can not see the face or any part of the body until you are very close to it, and it is too late to escape.

If despite the rider's care, or his carelessness, she manages to approach him; the way he would attack the riders would be using his power to force the horse to refuses to follow his way quickly or to stop. Later the horse would throw strong neighs and it would rush in an excited race; guided now, by the magic of the Widow, who at that time would already be perched on the horse's haunches. Thus the horse would be guided by the Widow to the nearest ravine, where the rider and his horse would rush; meeting the next day their bodies without life in the bottom of the ravine.

However, in spite of his revenge, it is also said that from time to time, inevitably with the passage of time, masculine affection always comes back to miss him; what would take her to temporarily calm her hatred, to approach the villages in search of some late-night pedestrian. On these occasions, it is said that from the windows she can be seen by the dwellers, who, frightened, would be able to observe her horrible pale and cadaverous face, with large shining and moving eyes, and her horrible hair tied with a black veil that falls to sweep the floor, next to her long dress.

It is said that she would mobilize on the ground, so fast that it would be impossible to reach her or escape from her, if she does not allow it. The lonely men, or the brave or foolish men who would persecute her, would be attracted and later trapped outside the villages; place where she would have a loving relationship with man. The next day it is said that the man would be stunned as if he were drunk, and with his face and hands scratched, and his clothes partially unbuttoned and unbuttoned. Even so, these men are lucky to be alive; unlike the unfortunates who find her on lonely roads, when she is again fulfilling her revenge.

In recent times it is also said that the Widow would also climb on cars, which are driven by lonely men, especially if they have some alcohol in their blood.

Trivia

 * La Viuda is very similar to La Sayona:
 * Both are vengeful spirit seeking revenge through humanity
 * Both attack inescrupulous mens.
 * However La Sayona is a Villain by Proxy, while La Viuda is a Chaotic Evil spirit.
 * She (along with La Calchona and La Cegua) are the most disturbing spirits founds the latinoamericans legends.