Main de Gloire (English spelling)

Japanese: Main de Gloire(英語表記)MaindeGloire
Main de Gloire (English spelling)

...However, there have been many stories of healing miracles by hands along the Mediterranean coast since ancient times, and Pliny the Elder also said that the hands of a child who died young could cure scrofula, mumps, and throat diseases, and that the back of the left hand of any dead person could cure patients of the same sex (Natural History, Volume 28). Incidentally, in later Europe, a thing called the Hand of Glory (Main de Gloire in French, a word that is said to be derived from the mandragora) was known, made from the hand of a criminal who had been hanged, and it was believed that anyone who possessed it could disappear. In order to spread Christianity to such areas, it may have been necessary to widely publicize the miracle of Jesus' hands. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Main de Gloire" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…ただし,地中海沿岸には古くから手による癒(いや)しの奇跡が多く伝えられており,大プリニウスも夭折(ようせつ)した子どもの手は瘰癧(るいれき)やおたふく風邪やのどの病を治すとか,どんな死人の場合でも左手の背側なら同性の患者に効くなどとしている(《博物誌》第28巻)。ちなみに,後世のヨーロッパでは,絞首刑に処せられた罪人の手から作った〈栄光の手Hand of Glory〉(フランス語ではMain de Gloireで,一説にマンドラゴラに由来する語という)なるものが知られ,これを所持する者は姿を消すことができると信じられた。キリスト教をこのような地域に伝え広めるには,イエスの手の奇跡も大きく宣伝する必要があったのかも知れない。…

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