La Mulata de Cordoba
Day 34
Hey guys!
Mérida has been awesome so far. I have seen so much great
stuff. I have to leave for Cordoba tomorrow. Cordoba is in
the state of Vera Cruz in the Yucatan area of Southern Mexico. I am
having dinner
with some friends tonight before I leave. My plane leaves really
early in the morning so I probably will not write in here again until I
get unpacked in Cordoba. Gotta get going! --Ellie
Day 35
I made it to Cordoba. It was
not a very long flight. It was probably the shortest flight so far.
My stomach is growling so that must mean it is time for me to go eat.
Day 36
Did you know the Treaty of Cordoba
was signed here? It was the treaty that verified Mexico's
independence. Cordoba is not nearly as big as the other places I
have been. I kind of like the smaller city. It is more
relaxing. The weather is really warm here and a bit humid. It
feels nice though. I am going to check out the city. --Ellie
Day 37
The city was amazing. I
checked out all the landmarks and buildings. The architecture
here is really cool. There is a lot of traditional Spanish style
architecture. I walked past the School of Medicine (La
Escuela de Medicina) and heard that it used to be the old Inquisition
building. It sounded interesting so I went inside. I heard
someone talking about the Mulata of Cordoba. It was such an
intriguing and almost scary story that I had to include it so here is
the story of La Mulata de Cordoba...
The Mulata of Cordoba was a very
old woman. She was so old that even the oldest man alive was not
alive when she was born. People said that she had made a deal
with the Devil and that she belonged to him. She supposedly had
meetings with him every night. People said these things because
they saw flames and bright lights coming from her closed-up house at
night. She was seen in many places at once. One person
would see her in Mexico City while another would spot her in Cordoba at
the very same moment. The Mulata was also seen numerous times
flying above the houses with glowing, devilish eyes. Then
one day she just disappeared. She was not seen for many
years. After all those years, she was finally captured and
jailed. One morning it was announced that she would be burned at
the stake. When the chief Inquisitor went to get her from the
jail cell, he noticed she had drawn a ship on the wall. The
Mulata then asked the chief Inquisitor what the ship was missing and he
replied "a sail". At that moment, the woman hopped on the ship,
formed a sail, and sailed right out of the prison. The chief
Inquisitor was so shocked that he went crazy. It drove him so crazy
that he had to be put in a mental institution where he did not have a
moment of rest
until he died. No one ever heard of the Mulata again.
Everyone assumed that the Devil had come back to claim what was
his.
I hope that I never run into the
Mulata of Cordoba. She sounds really frightful.
Day 40
My trip is about to wrap up. I
have to head home later today. I've missed home since I have been
gone for forty days but I made lifetime memories. I really hope
that I get the chance to come back and visit Monterrey, Mexico City,
Mérida, and Cordoba. I have had such awesome experiences
in all of these places. I hope that you have had a good time
traveling along with me throughout Mexico.
Later,
Ellie
Author's
Note: For the final story of Ellie's journey, I chose for Ellie
to hear the story La Mulata de Cordoba (The Mulata of Cordoba) in the
smaller city of Cordoba located in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. There
was not a lot of background information over Cordoba so I did not
include a lot of information about the city of Cordoba like I did for
the other stories. I did not include all the details of the
Mulata of Cordoba either because the original story was quite long and
included a lot of irrelevant details. I kept the basic details of
the Mulata being of the Devil and sailing away in the jail the
same. This story is scary like the story of the Chupacabra and La
Llorona. The story of the Poinsettia was the only story that did
not contain frightening elements. I chose for Ellie to wrap up
her trip shortly because since it is a journal she would just write her
good-byes like a regular entry. Since this is a travel journey,
she
probably would not write in it after she got home from her trip so her
last entry in Cordoba would be the end of the journal.
Coverpage
Introduction
Story: 1
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3
Image Information:
La Mulata de Cordoba. Opcion Latina.
Cordoba. Jonathan's
Blog.
Bibliography
Story: La Mulata de Cordoba
Book: Legends of the City of
Mexico
Author: Thomas A. Janvier
Year Published: 1910
Web Source: Google
Books
Cordoba,
Veracruz. Wikipedia.
