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Božalość, also transliterated as Božaloshtsh or Bozaloshtsh is a messenger of death in Wendish mythology (Wends,〔 Lusatian Sorbs〔). The name was translated in German ethnographic sources as "Gottesklage"〔 i.e., "God's Lament"). An 1886 article ''Das Spreewaldhaus'' by W. v. Schulenburg associates it with the Elder Bush and describes it as a woman dressed in white with long braided hair and red eyes:〔''Zeitschrift für Ethnologie'', vol. 18, 1886, (p. 140 ) digitized by Google Books〕
Biren Bonnerjea describes it as a little woman with long hair, who cries under the window of someone who is about to die.〔Biren Bonnerjea. ''Dictionary of Superstitions and Mythology''. London 1927 (later reprints exist)〕 A parallel creature is Bože sedleško, described as a crying child in white clothes. The name is of unclear etymology (the apparent association with the word translated as "seat" is unclear).〔 ==Etymology== While there is an agreement that 'Božalość' means "God's Lament', the opinions about the etymology differ. In some opinions it is the contraction of "Boža žaloć", i.e., "God's Pity". Another opinion is that the word "Glosc" in the meaning of "lament" can be found in manuscripts of as early as the 17th century, and the attribute 'Boža' i.e., "God's" was added in folklore later, similarly to the poetic usages "God's wind", "God's Sun", etc.〔Adolf Cerny, "Mythicke bytosci luzickych Srbu" ("Mythological Creatures of Lusatian Serbs") ''Národopisný sborník českoslovanský'', (pp. 26,27 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Božalość」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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