Amasis - Amasis

Japanese: アマシス - あましす
Amasis - Amasis

... The Code of Manus states that if a person farts on a person of high rank, the anus must be cut, and that farting is considered disrespectful. Also, in Herodotus's Histories, Book 2, Section 162, there is a story about Amasis, who was instigated by Egyptian rebels to join them, farting on his buttocks while riding a horse at the emissary of King Apries, and mocking him by telling him to deliver it to the king. This is an example of farting as an insult. Kumagusu Minakata says that it was the Arabs who were ashamed of and disliked farting. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Amasis" are listed below.

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Japanese:

… 《マヌ法典》は,身分の高い人に対して放屁した者の肛門を切れといい,放屁を非礼行為としている。また,ヘロドトスの《歴史》第2巻162節には,エジプト人叛徒にそそのかされてこれにくみしたアマシスが,王アプリエスからの使者に対して馬上で尻を浮かして放屁し,これを王に届けよとあざけった話があり,これは侮辱行為としての放屁の例。屁を恥じ嫌ったのはアラビア人だと南方熊楠はいう。…

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