Megenberg, K. von (English spelling)

Japanese: Megenberg,K.von(英語表記)MegenbergKvon
Megenberg, K. von (English spelling)

...The story that explains why seawater is salty is that a salt mill sank to the bottom of the sea is handed down worldwide. According to K. von Megenberg's "Book of Nature" (14th century), the sun and other stars are always above the sea, and they draw the mist from the earth from the underwater world and mix it with the water, making it salty. In France, it is said that the sea has permeated the area where the salt piles are located, making it salty, or that the witch's husband found salt in his soup and threw it into the sea. ...

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Japanese:

…海水が塩辛いことを説明するのは,塩吹き臼が海底に沈んだためだという物語は世界的に伝承されている。メーゲンベルクK.von Megenbergの《自然の書》(14世紀)によると,太陽とその他の星とはいつも海の上にあり,海底の世界から地上の霧をぬきだし,水と混合したから塩辛くなったのである,と説明している。フランスでは,海が塩杭(しおくい)のある地方に浸透してきたので,そのために塩辛くなったとも,魔女の夫がスープの中に塩がはいっているのを発見し,海に捨てたとも伝えている。…

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