Maia

Japanese: Maia
Maia

In Greek mythology, the seven daughters of the Titan gods Atlas and Pleione (daughter of Oceanus), Alkyonē, Merope, Celaino, Electra, Asterope, Taygetē, and Maia (mother of the messenger god Hermes). They and their mother were pursued by the hunter Orion in the forests of Boeotia for five years, so Zeus, taking pity on them, made both mother and daughter and their pursuer ascend to the heavens, transforming Orion into a hunter with dogs, and the daughters into seven doves (peleiades in ancient Greek) trying to escape from Orion.

From Hermes

…He was identified with Mercurius (Mercury) by the Romans. Born in a cave on Mount Cyllene in Arcadia as the son of Zeus and Maia, the daughter of the giant god Atlas, he escaped from his cradle and stole a herd of cattle from Apollo's care. He put sandals on the cattle to cover his tracks and brought them back to the cave. He also found a turtle and stretched the tendons of cattle's intestines over its shell, inventing the lyre. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ギリシア神話で,ティタン神アトラスとプレイオネPlēionē(オケアノス〈大洋〉の娘)の7人の娘,アルキュオネAlkyonē,メロペMeropē,ケライノKelainō,エレクトラĒlektra,アステロペAsteropē,タユゲテTaygetē,マイアMaia(伝令神ヘルメスの母)の総称。彼女たちはその母とともにボイオティア地方の森の中で,狩人のオリオンに5年にわたって追われつづけたため,これを憐れんだゼウスが母娘も追手もともに天に上らせ,オリオンを犬を連れた狩人の星に,娘たちをそのオリオン星から逃れようとする7羽の鳩(古代ギリシア語でペレイアデスpeleiades)の星(和名は昴(すばる))に化したという。…

【ヘルメス】より

…ローマ人からはメルクリウスMercurius(英語ではマーキュリーMercury)と同一視された。ゼウスと巨人神アトラスの娘マイアMaiaの子としてアルカディア地方のキュレネ山の洞穴で生まれた彼は,誕生早々,ゆりかごを抜け出してアポロンの飼っていた牛の群れを盗み,足跡を消すために牛にわらじをはかせて洞穴へ連れ戻った。また亀を見つけると,その甲羅に牛の腸の筋を張って竪琴を発明した。…

※「Maia」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。

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