Eridanos [river] - Eridanos

Japanese: エリダノス[川] - えりだのす
Eridanos [river] - Eridanos

…His name means “the shining one.” When he met his father for the first time as an adult, he was told that he would grant any wish he had. He borrowed his father’s chariot for one day and set off into the sky, but he did not know how to control the wild horses, and when the fiery chariot went off the track and nearly burned the earth, it was shot down into the Eridanos River by Zeus’ thunderbolt. His sisters, the Heliades (daughters of the sun god), gathered on the banks of the river and mourned his death. They turned into poplar trees, and their tears solidified into amber. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Eridanos [River]" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その名は〈輝く者〉の意。成人してはじめて会った父神に,どんな願いもかなえてやるといわれた彼は,1日だけの約束で父の馬車を借りて大空に乗り出したが,荒馬を御すすべを知らなかったため,軌道を踏み外した火炎の車があやうく地を焼き払いそうになったとき,ゼウスの雷霆によってエリダノス川へ撃ち落とされた。このとき河畔に集まった彼の姉妹たちのヘリアデスHēliades(太陽神の娘たち)は,その死を悼んで嘆き続けるうちにポプラの木と化し,彼女たちの涙は凝固して琥珀(こはく)になったという。…

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