Audran, E. - Audran

Japanese: オードラン,E. - おーどらん
Audran, E. - Audran

…In this sense, many talismans can be called mascots, but they differ from talismans in that they can be used to refer to people or animals as well as objects. In the English-speaking world, the word became known after the performance of the opera La Mascotte (1880) by French composer Edmond Audran (1840-1901), and is said to be derived from the Provencal word masco (meaning witch or sorcerer). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word first appeared in English in 1884.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Audran, E." is listed below.

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Japanese:

…この意味で護符の多くがマスコットと呼ばれうるが,物品に限らず人物や動物をも指して用いられるところに護符との違いがある。英語圏には,フランスの作曲家オードランEdmond Audran(1840‐1901)のオペラ《La Mascotte》の公演(1880)を機に知られるところとなった語で,プロバンス語のmasco(〈魔女〉〈妖術使い〉の意)に由来するという。英語での初出は《オックスフォード英語辞典》によれば1884年。…

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