Tópicos y motivos en torno a las ánimas y otros muertos vivientes en el Cancionero Folklórico de México

The Death is one of the most interesting topics in popular lyrics of México, this has to be with the obsessive presence of the theme and the character have in our imaginary. The same happens with the Afterlife, a point that, in our lyrics, seems to have many doors of return. This possibility is repeated several times in our Cancionero Foklórico de México, whether as a cliché, as a poetic metaphor or as a simple formula, the return of the dead can be seen as a real or imaginary possibility on the tone of the song. The present study highlights these elements, as well as the tradition behind many of them.