Stone Guests - Ishi no Shoukyaku

Japanese: 石の招客 - いしのしょうきゃく
Stone Guests - Ishi no Shoukyaku

…A legendary figure from Spain that was popular in Europe alongside Faust. The Don Juan legend is made up of two elements: the seducer and the stone guest, who mocks the stone statue of a man he has killed and invites it to a meal. There are various theories about the origins of these two elements, but the prototype of the stone guest is thought to be a legend that has been scattered around Europe since the 14th century, in which a ghost appears when a man kicks a skull lying by the roadside and invites the ghost to a meal. The model for the seducer is thought to be a man named Don Juan Tenorio, who frequented the court of Pedro I the Cruel (reigned 1350-69) of Spain, but neither of these have solid historical basis. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Stone Guests" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ファウストと並んでヨーロッパに流布していたスペインの伝説上の人物。ドン・フアン伝説は〈色事師〉と自分が殺した人物の石像を嘲弄して食事に招待する〈石の招客〉という二つの要素からなっている。これら2要素の起源に関しては諸説あるが,まず〈石の招客〉の原型としては,14世紀ころからヨーロッパ各地に散在していた,〈路傍に転がっている髑髏(どくろ)を蹴るとそこに亡霊が現れ,その亡霊を食事に招待する〉という伝説が考えられ,また〈色事師〉のモデルとしては,スペインのペドロ(1世)残虐王(在位1350‐69)の宮廷に出入りしていたドン・フアン・テノーリオという人物が考えられているが,いずれも確実な史的根拠があるわけではない。…

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