Las procesiones de difuntos en tradiciones y leyendas mexicanas de los siglos XIX-XX

Abstract

The processions of the dead were a very favored theme in Mexican literature of the XIX and XX centuries. These stories have their origins in the tales of an apparition from beyond the grave, known in the supernatural imaginary of Galicia as the Santa Compaña, which arrived in New Spain in the 16th century as part of the chronicles of the religious orders. However, with the passing of time this belief became secularized and acquired increasingly literary overtones until it took the form of a traditional tale with additions and deletions that follow the local elements and the idiosyncrasy of the people among whom it circulated.