rota altivolans (English spelling) rotaaltivolans

Japanese: rota altivolans(英語表記)rotaaltivolans
rota altivolans (English spelling) rotaaltivolans

…These are figures related to the sun, which shows the movement of celestial bodies, and are thought to represent life, the universe, perfection, the center, circulation, eternity, and light. The sun was called the rota altivolans in Latin, the fagravel in the Norse Edda, and the roth fail among the Celts. In all cases, it was depicted as a circle or a wheel, and the disk was held by the Greek sun god Helios and the Indian sun god Vishnu. Furthermore, Neolithic goddess statues unearthed in Western Russia, the Balkans, Central Europe, and other places are sometimes marked with wheels along with spirals, crosses, and waves. These figures are also related to the roundness of a woman's chest and waist, and are said to represent the fertility of the earth as a mother goddess, and to be symbols of fertility and rebirth. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "rota altivolans" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これらは天体の運行を示す太陽とかかわる図形で,生命,宇宙,完全,中心,循環,永遠,光明などを表したものと思われる。太陽は,ラテン語では〈鳥輪rota altivolans〉と呼ばれ,北欧神話の〈エッダ〉では〈美輪fagravel〉,ケルト人の間では〈光輪roth fail〉と呼ばれ,いずれも円形または車輪の形で表されていたし,円盤はギリシアの太陽神ヘリオスや,インドの太陽神ビシュヌの持物であった。さらに西ロシア,バルカン,中央ヨーロッパなどから出土する新石器時代の女神像には,渦巻,十字,波形などとともに車輪が印されていることがあり,これらは女性の胸や腰の丸みともかかわる図形で,地母神的な大地の生産力を表し,豊饒(ほうじよう)や再生の象徴であったとされている。…

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