The Golden Fleece

Japanese: 金の羊毛皮 - きんのようもうひ
The Golden Fleece

…While flying, Helle fell into the Dardanelles, which became known as the Hellespont after her, and drowned, but Phrixus reached Colchis, a country at the eastern end of the Black Sea, safely, where he offered the ram to Zeus and took the Golden Fleece and presented it to its king, Aeetes. The Golden Fleece, which was later used by the Argonauts to bring back to Greece, has a common meaning with the Aegis, in that it is a symbol of royalty linked to the clouds. The native Pueblo people of North America, who consider the clouds to be spirits of the dead, call them Sivanna, or "people of the clouds," and identify them with their ancestors, the Katsinas, who play an active role in mythology. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Golden Fleece" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…空を飛んで行く途中でヘレは,彼女にちなんでヘレスポントスと呼ばれることになるダーダネルス海峡に落下して溺死したが,フリクソスは無事に黒海の東端にあった国コルキスに着き,そこで牡羊をゼウスに捧げ,金毛の羊皮は剝いでその国の王アイエテスに贈った。後にそれをギリシアに取り戻す目的でアルゴ船の遠征が(アルゴナウタイ伝説)おこなわれるこの〈金の羊毛皮(金羊毛)〉には,雲と結びついた王権のしるしであるという点で,アイギスと共通した意味が認められる。 北アメリカの原住民のプエブロ族は,雲を死者の霊と見なして〈雲の人々〉シワンナと呼び,神話の中で活躍するカチナと呼ばれる祖先たちとも同一視している。…

※「金の羊毛皮」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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