"The Parrot Story" - The Parrot Story

Japanese: 《鸚鵡物語》 - おうむものがたり
"The Parrot Story" - The Parrot Story

...The stories included here are diverse, but many of them are about the love affairs of unfaithful women. They have been translated and adapted into Persian translations such as Tūtī-Nāmeh (The Tale of the Parrot) (14th century), Turkish (15th century), modern Indian dialects, Malay, and other languages, and have influenced narrative literature in both the East and the West. [Tanaka, Otomi]...

From [Narrative Literature]

…The original of the Seventy Tales of the Parrot (Shukasaptati) has also been lost, and the author and date are unknown, but two Sanskrit versions have been handed down. The Persian translation by Nahshabi (1330), the Turkish translation based on this (15th century), and another Persian translation (1794) are all called Tuti-nameh (Tales of the Parrot). It has also been translated into Malay and modern Indian dialects and has become popular, making it an important work in comparative literature. …

*Some of the terminology referenced in "The Parrot Tale" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ここに収められている話は多種多様であるが,浮気女の情事に関するものが多い。ペルシア語訳《トゥーティー・ナーメTūtī‐Nāmeh(鸚鵡物語)》(14世紀)をはじめ,トルコ語(15世紀),近代インド諸方言,マレー語等に翻訳,翻案され,東西の説話文学に影響を与えている。【田中 於菟弥】。…

【説話文学】より

…《鸚鵡七十話(シュカサプタティ)》も原本は失われ,原作者も年代も不明であるが,サンスクリットの2種の異本が伝わっている。ナフシャビーによるペルシア語訳(1330),これを基にしたトルコ語訳(15世紀),別のペルシア語訳(1794)は,いずれも《トゥーティー・ナーメ(鸚鵡物語)》とよばれている。このほかマレー語訳や近代インド方言にも翻訳されて普及し,比較文学の上からも重要な作品である。…

※「《鸚鵡物語》」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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