Castration slave - Kyouseidorei

Japanese: 去勢奴隷 - きょせいどれい
Castration slave - Kyouseidorei

...The eunuchs of ancient Persia and the Orient also served as guardians of the harem. These Sumerian castrated slaves were called amal qud (castrated bulls), which originally referred to tamed castrated bulls used for farming. In the Mediterranean region, castrated and trained male rams have been used since ancient times to control the behavior of sheep flocks that tend to follow the herds. The role of the eunuchs as intermediates between the herdsmen and the herds they managed, and who obeyed the herdsmen's commands, is similar to that of eunuchs, who acted as intermediaries between the ruler and the people and conveyed the will of the ruler.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "castrated slaves" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また古代ペルシアをはじめオリエント世界の宦官(エウヌック)は,後宮の看視役をも果たした。 このシュメールの去勢奴隷は,アマル・クッド(去勢牛)と呼ばれ,これは本来馴致(じゆんち)された耕作用の去勢牛を指す言葉である。また地中海地域には古代より,追随性のあるヒツジ群行動の統御のため,去勢され訓育をうけた誘導雄ヒツジの利用があり,牧夫と管理される群れの中間にあって,牧夫の命令をきき分けるものとしてのあり方は,支配者と人民の仲介的存在として,支配者の意を伝える宦官に通ずるところがある。…

※「去勢奴隷」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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