Aiolos - Aiolos (English spelling)

Japanese: アイオロス - あいおろす(英語表記)Aiolos
Aiolos - Aiolos (English spelling)

In Greek mythology, Aeolus is the god of wind. He is the son of Hippotes or the sea god Poseidon. He lives on the island of Aeolian, where he keeps the winds locked in a cave or in a leather bag. When Odysseus was shipwrecked on this island on his way home, the wind god welcomed him kindly and gave him a leather bag containing all the winds except the fair winds for his home island of Ithaca. However, while Odysseus was sleeping, his companions mistakenly opened the bag thinking it was wine, and all the winds blew out, causing a terrible storm, and the ship was driven back to Aeolian again. Odysseus again asked for fair winds, but the wind god refused his help, fearing the wrath of the gods. Aeolus is also identified with the son of Helen, ancestor of the Greeks, and the nymph Orseis, and the son of Poseidon and Arne (or Melanippe), both of whom are ancestors of the Aeolians.

[Masahiro Ogawa]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ギリシア神話の風の神。ヒッポテスまたは海神ポセイドンの子。アイオリア島に住み、風を洞穴または革袋の中に閉じ込めている。オデュッセウスが帰国の途中にこの島へ漂着したとき、風神は英雄を親切に迎え、出発の際には故郷のイタカ島への順風以外のすべての風を閉じ込めた革袋を贈った。しかし、オデュッセウスが寝ている間に仲間たちが中身を酒と誤ってあけたため、あらゆる風が吹き出てすさまじい嵐(あらし)がおこり、船はふたたびアイオリア島に打ち戻された。オデュッセウスはまたもや順風を求めてきたが、風神は神々の怒りを恐れて援助を断った。またアイオロスは、ギリシア人の祖ヘレンとニンフのオルセイスの子、およびポセイドンとアルネ(またはメラニッペ)の子(ともにアイオリス人の祖先)と同一視されている。

[小川正広]

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