In Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, she is the queen of King Oberon, a tiny and graceful fairy queen so small that she can fit into an acorn shell. She is human-like, fighting with the king over ownership of a changeling and falling in love, but she has characteristics similar to the moon goddess. Ovid's Metamorphoses features a race of giants (Titans) born to Uranus (heaven) and Gaia (earth). One of these, the moon goddess Luna, sister of the sun god Sol, and Diana, who was identified with her, are called "Titan's daughter (Titania)." Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information |
シェークスピアの戯曲《真夏の夜の夢》のオベロン王の妃で,どんぐりの殻に入るほどの微小で優美な妖精の女王。人間に似て,取替子(とりかえこ)の所有権をめぐり王とけんかしたり,恋をしたりするが,月の女神に類似した性質を持つ。オウィディウスの《転身物語》にウラノス(〈天〉)とガイア(〈地〉)との間に生まれた巨人神族(ティタン)が登場するが,その一人で太陽神ソルの妹,月の女神ルナおよび彼女と同一視されたディアナを〈ティタンの娘(ティタニア)〉と呼んでいるところにこの名は由来するとされる。
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