A legendary woman found in Mexico, Spanish America, and Spain. A farmer woman and a rich man fall in love, but the man refuses to marry her. The woman gives birth to a child, but in despair she kills the child and then commits suicide. After her death, the woman's spirit wanders about, and in the form of a beautiful young woman dressed in white, it is said that she cries out in search of her murdered child on windy nights. She is generally considered an evil spirit that attacks people in the dark, but by extension, she is also interpreted as a crybaby woman or a pathetic woman. Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information |
メキシコ,アメリカ合衆国のスペイン系アメリカ人の間やスペインに分布する伝説上の女。農家の女と金持ちの男が恋するが,男は結婚を拒否する。女は子どもを産むが,絶望してその子どもを殺したうえ,自殺する。死後,女の霊がさまよい,白い服を身にまとった若い美女の姿で風の吹きすさぶ夜に,殺した子どもを探して泣き叫ぶといわれる。一般に暗闇で人を襲う悪霊とされているが,転じて,泣虫の女,哀れっぽい女とも解されている。
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