Ahab - Ehab

Japanese: エーハブ - えーはぶ
Ahab - Ehab

…Ishmael, despairing of life on land, boards the whaling ship Pequod with Queequeg, a native of the South Seas. Captain Ahab believes that Moby Dick, the white whale that bit off one of his legs, is the embodiment of all evil in the world and vows to take revenge. First mate Starbuck opposes Ahab on the grounds of reason and faith, but is powerless against Ahab's intense ego. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…陸上の生活に絶望したイシュマエルは,南海の原住民クイークエグとともに捕鯨船ピークオド号に乗り組む。船長エーハブCaptain Ahabは,自分の片足を嚙み取った白い鯨モービー・ディックこそこの世のあらゆる悪の化身だと信じ,復讐を誓っている。一等運転士スターバックは,理性と信仰の立場からエーハブに反対するが,彼の強烈なエゴの前には無力である。…

※「エーハブ」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

<<:  Epaphos - Epaphos

>>:  Eberhard Karl University

Recommend

Half-assed - Hanjiri

A type of kariginu worn by male nobles from the H...

thermal soaring

...The most typical model engine is the glow plug...

Gandashu - Gandashu

...The representative works of the former are the...

Arslān (English spelling)

In the 19th century, the Druze rulers, aided by B...

Thinning - Mabiki

It is the act of leaving good seedlings and uproot...

Akafudou

This is the common name for the statue of Acala w...

Nycticebus coucang (English spelling)

…The family Lorisidae is divided into the subfami...

History of the Song Dynasty

A chronicle-style history book about the Song Dyn...

Decretum Gratiani (Latin)

A collection of canon law compiled around 1140 by ...

Traumatic myositis ossificans

…There are pyomyositis, traumatic myositis ossifi...

Amakusa coalfields

A coalfield in the Amakusa Islands, Kumamoto Prefe...

Keep Kamayo - Keep Kamayo

…The Inca Quipu was the only method of recording ...

Outdoor air cooling - Outdoor air cooling

...In addition, there are an increasing number of...

Umeboshi candy - Umeboshi candy

…Today, sugar is mixed with starch syrup and wate...

Kriti (English spelling)

…The largest Greek island in the Aegean Sea. Its ...