Alraune - Alraune

Japanese: アルラウネ - あるらうね
Alraune - Alraune

...One theory is that it grows in the soil from the semen leaked by a condemned man on the gallows, but because its strange magical power makes it extremely dangerous to collect, the method used was to have a dog tied to a rope pull it out. The German word Alraune is another name for the mandragora, and Ewers' Alraune (1911) is known as a horror story about a girl of the same name born through artificial insemination. [Mitsuru Hotta] [Tadao Arita]...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…一説では,死刑囚が絞首台で漏らした精液から土中に生じるが,奇怪な魔力のためその採取はきわめて危険なので,犬を縄でつないで引き抜かせる方法が取られたという。ドイツ語のアルラウネAlrauneはマンドラゴラの異名で,エーウェルスの《アルラウネ》(1911)は,人工受精で生まれた同名の娘をめぐる怪奇小説として知られる。【堀田 満】【有田 忠郎】。…

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