…Women's buttocks are full and plump, symbolizing reproduction and fertility. The Great Mother (Earth Goddess) relief from Laussel in France, the female figure from Sireuil, and the female figure from Willendorf in Austria, all have large, raised buttocks and are called Venus statues because the Greek goddess Aphrodite, who corresponds to Venus, was also called Kallipygos (meaning "having beautiful buttocks"). All Aphrodite statues have large, beautiful buttocks. *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Calypygos" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…女性の尻は豊かに盛り上がり生殖と豊穣を象徴する。フランスのローセル出土のグレート・マザー(大地母神)のレリーフ,シルイユ出土の女体像,オーストリアのウィレンドルフ出土の女身像など,いずれもまるまると隆起した尻をもつものをビーナス像ともいうのは,ビーナス(ウェヌス)に相当するギリシアの美神アフロディテを別名カリピュゴスKallipygos(〈美しい尻をもった〉の意)と称したからである。アフロディテ像はみな,大きく美しい尻をもっている。… ※「カリピュゴス」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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