Canaanite mythology

Japanese: カナン神話 - かなんしんわ
Canaanite mythology

…Recently, Oriental archaeology has provided many groundbreaking results on the mythology of the Syrian-Canaan region, centering on the research of the Ugaritic society that gave birth to it. The first light was shed on the mythology of this region, which had been buried under sand for a long time, by the tip of a Syrian farmer's hoe, who happened to be plowing a field. It was in the spring of 1928. The following year, an excavation team of French archaeologists was organized, and a little over a month after the start of the trial excavation, they succeeded in unearthing a magnificent group of ruins that spread across the hill of Uikyou (Ras Shamra), about 1 km up the mountain from the coast. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Canaanite mythology" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…近年のオリエント考古学は,シリア・カナン地域の神話について,それを生みだしたウガリト社会の研究を中心に,多くの画期的成果を提供している。長い間,砂に埋もれていたこの地域の神話に,最初の光が当てられたのは,たまたま畑を耕していたシリアの農夫の鋤の先からであった。1928年の春のことである。翌年フランス人考古学者による発掘隊が編成され,試掘開始後1ヵ月余で,海岸から1kmほど山手の〈ういきょうの丘(ラス・シャムラ)〉に広がる壮大な遺跡群を掘り当てることに成功したのである。…

※「カナン神話」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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