putto

Japanese: putto
putto

...From the late Greek period to the Roman Empire, these winged children began to appear in large numbers in art, and they were no longer part of mythology, but simply acted out various situations in which they imitated adults. Such erotes (amores) were revived in Renaissance art as putti (singular: putto). In myth, Eros' mother is sometimes named as Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth, or Iris, the goddess of the rainbow, and there is also a legend that Zephyros, the god of the west wind, is his father.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "putto" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ギリシア晩期からローマ帝政時代には,これら有翼の童子は大勢で美術の上に登場するようになり,彼らはもはや神話からも独立して,ただ大人の真似であるさまざまな状況を演じるようになる。このようなエロテス(アモレス)は,ルネサンス美術にプッティputti(単数はプットputto)として復活する。 神話では,エロスの母親として,産褥(さんじよく)の女神エイレイテュイアEileithyia,虹の女神イリスの名があげられることもあり,また西風の神ゼフュロスZephyrosを父親とする伝承もある。…

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