…Myths in the region are diverse and fluid, changing with the times and many being community specific, but it is possible to identify some common themes. Myths about the beginning of culture through the murder of a close relative are widespread, such as the one in the Orokaiva of Papua New Guinea, where a child kills his father, a half-man, half-pig cannibal called Totoima. Culture heroes such as the Sid (Kiwai) and Sosom (Marindo Anim), who share similar stories to Totoima, explain fertility and death and bring agriculture and kinship to humans. … *Some of the terminology that refers to the "Orokaiba people" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…この地域の神話は多様で流動的であり,状況に応じて変化し,地域社会に特有のものが数多くあるが,いくつかの共通のテーマを見いだすことは可能である。近親者を殺害することで文化が始まったとする神話は広く分布し,パプア・ニューギニアのオロカイバ族ではトトイマという半人半豚の人食いの父親を子供が殺すことで現在の社会が始まる。このトトイマの話と類似のシド(キワイ族)やソソム(マリンド・アニム族)などの文化英雄は豊饒と死を説明し,農業や親族規範を人間にもたらす。… ※「オロカイバ族」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 |
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