...Because it was a rather difficult dance, the phrase has now come to mean "difficult things," but this also originates from an ancient belief in praying for the revival of life. The story of a goose or chicken that lays golden eggs, as told in folk tales and legends, is deeply connected to these beliefs, and it is said that golden eggs represent the sun and silver eggs represent the moon. Also, in Greek architecture, there is a repeating pattern called "egg and dart," and the combination of eggs and arrowheads is said to symbolize female and male reproductive organs, or hermaphroditism. *Some of the terminology that refers to "Silver Eggs" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…かなり難しい踊りであったため,現在では〈困難な事がら〉を意味する成句になっているが,これも生命の復活を祈願する古い信仰に由来する。民話や伝説に語られる金の卵を産むガチョウまたはニワトリの話は,これらの信仰に深くかかわっており,金の卵は太陽,銀の卵は月をも表すといわれている。またギリシア建築の装飾に〈卵鏃(らんぞく)飾りegg and dart〉と称する繰返し模様があり,卵と鏃(やじり)の組合せで女と男の生殖器,あるいは両性具有を象徴するといわれる。… ※「銀の卵」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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