…In the legend of Tannhäuser, when he came to confess his sins of indulging in pleasure in the City of Venus, Pope Urban IV coldly sent him away, saying, "If flowers bloom on this staff, your sins will be forgiven." But the staff really did bloom, and Tannhäuser hurriedly went looking for him. In a Greek tragic love story, when Demophon placed Phyllis's tomb in the hollow of an almond tree for her lover Demophon, who died of longing before his return, Demophon miraculously brought flowers into bloom all at once, and since then, almonds have become a symbol of immortal love. The flower's meanings are "purity" and "fertility," and in France it means "happy marriage." … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Phyllis" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…タンホイザー伝説においても,ウェヌスの都で快楽にふけった罪を告白にきた彼に対し,教皇ウルバヌス4世は〈このつえに花が咲くなら罪は宥(ゆる)されよう〉と答えてすげなく追い返したが,ほんとうにつえに花が咲いてしまい,あわててタンホイザーを探しまわったという。ギリシアの悲恋物語では,恋人デモフォンDēmophōnの帰還を待たずに焦がれ死にしたフュリスPhyllisのために,デモフォンがアーモンドの樹の洞に作られた墓に回向したところ,花が一斉に咲きだした奇跡が語られ,爾来アーモンドは不滅の愛の象徴ともなった。花言葉は〈純潔〉〈豊穣〉,フランスでは〈幸福な結婚〉。… ※「Phyllis」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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