…Extremely simplified illustrations can be seen in the bestiaries that shaped medieval natural history and herbal books such as The Garden of Health. Monster stories that incorporated exotic interests in remote and unexplored places were also popular during this period. At the time, doctrines such as "no leaps in nature" and "perfect correspondence between land and the sea" were prevalent, and mermaids, for example, were thought to be animals that must exist, both to fill the gap between humans and fish and as humans in the sea that correspond to humans on land. … *Some of the terminology that refers to "Monster Magazine" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…中世の博物学を形成した動物寓意譚(ベスティアリ)や,《健康の園》のような本草書に,極度に単純化された図版を見ることができる。またこの時代には,辺境や未踏の地へのエキゾティックな関心を盛りこんだ怪物誌も流行した。当時は〈自然に飛躍なし〉とか〈陸上と海中との完全対応〉といった教義が有力で,例えば人魚は人間と魚のあいだの飛躍(ギャップ)を埋めるものとしても,また陸の人間に対応する海中の人間としても,実在しなければならぬ動物と考えられた。… ※「怪物誌」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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