Abnormal birth - Ijōtanjō

Japanese: 異常誕生 - いじょうたんじょう
Abnormal birth - Ijōtanjō

…In the Petition, the child is banished to an island. Since the child was thought to be a demon, the motifs of abnormal birth, such as the child being in the mother's womb for a long time, or birth in the mountains, and the motif of the child being abandoned and raised in the mountains by animals such as foxes, wolves, and wild dogs, are also used. In a realistic or historical context, this gives the image of a boy who was thought to be the descendant of a demon, or of a mountain ascetic. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "abnormal birth" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…《願書》では島に流されることになっている。生まれた子が鬼神と考えられたところから,母の胎内に長期間いたという異常誕生や山中誕生のモティーフを伴い,捨てられた子が山中で狐狼野干(やかん)などの動物に養育されたというモティーフを伴うことにもなる。このことが現実的あるいは歴史的文脈の中で,鬼の子孫と考えられていた童子のイメージを与えられたり,山伏のイメージを与えられたりする。…

※「異常誕生」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。

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