Oshin - Oshin

Japanese: オシーン - おしーん
Oshin - Oshin

...The Danaan Giants (another name for the race of the goddess Danu) were defeated by the Milesians and fled across the sea to live in the Land of Ever-Youth, and are believed to still exist as an invisible race, hiding in the ruins of earthen mounds and circular earthen forts, or in stone trenches and burial mounds, as the sidh, a fairy with an underground paradise. The Danaan Giants also gave birth to heroes through negotiations with humans. For example, the sun god Lugh transformed into a fly and entered the queen's cup, was drunk, fell into her womb, and became Cuchulinn. Meanwhile, the descendants of the war god Nuada include heroes such as Fion, his son Oisin, and grandson Oscar. These heroic myths are divided into two series.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…またこのダーナ巨人神族(女神ダヌーの種族の別名)は,マイリージア族に敗れると,海のかなたに逃れて〈常若の国〉をつくって住み,また土塚や円形土砦の遺跡,あるいは石壕や墳丘に隠れ,地下に楽園をもつ妖精シーsidhとなり,目に見えない種族としていまも存在すると信じられている。またダーナ巨人神族は人間と交渉をもって英雄を生み,例えば太陽神ルーは蠅に変身して女王の盃に入り,飲まれて子宮に落ちてクホリン(クフーリン)Cuchulinnとなり,一方,戦いの神ヌアザの末裔に,フィンFionやその息子オシーンOisin,孫オスカーOscarらの英雄たちが現れている。それらの英雄神話は,二つの系列に分けられる。…

※「オシーン」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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