božaloshtsh

"God's plaint." A messenger of death among the Wends. She is a little woman with long hair who cries like a child beneath the window of a house where someone is about to die.

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A plaint is an expression of grief or sadness.

References

Sources

  • Bonnerjea, Biren. (1920). A Dictionary of Superstitions and Mythology. Thomson Gale.
  • Leach, Maria, ed. (1984). Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend. New York: HarperCollins.