…Humans, animals, earth, stone, wood, and all metals cried, but only the female giant Sok, who is thought to have been the evil god Loki in disguise, did not shed tears, and Balder did not rise again. Apostolius, a man of the 16th century, said that when a crocodile sees a person or animal coming to the river, it spills the water in its mouth onto the road, jumps on anyone who slips, drags them down, and eats them, but in order to devour the whole body of a person, it always drops tears on the person's head, and uses the heat of the tears to pull out the hair before eating it. This is why the crying and grief that is insincerely shown while wishing for the death of a person is called "crocodile tears." … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "apostolios" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…人間も動物も大地も石も木も,すべての金属も泣いたが,悪神ロキが化けたと推測される女巨人ソックだけが涙を流さなかったために,バルドルはよみがえらなかった。 16世紀の人アポストリオスは,ワニは人や動物が川に来る姿を見ると,口にためた水を道にこぼし,足を滑らせる者に跳びかかり引きずりこんで食うが,人の全身を食い尽くすために必ずその頭に涙を落とし,涙の熱で髪を抜いてから食べる,と述べた。人の死を望んでいながら心にもなく泣き悲しむことを〈ワニの涙〉というのはこのためである。… ※「アポストリオス」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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