Abas

Japanese: Abas
Abas

...According to another popular belief, lizards are said to fertilize through their ears and lay eggs from their mouths, and were also carried by the Virgin Mary as an allegory of the virgin birth. In Greek mythology, when Demeter, searching for Persephone, drank wine to quench her thirst, she transformed the man Abas, who mocked her, into a lizard. From this story, the lizard is considered to be an animal that embodies the vice of disrespecting superiors.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Abas" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また別の俗信によれば,トカゲは耳から受精し口から卵を産むといわれ,処女懐胎の寓意として聖母マリアの持物にもなった。ギリシア神話では,ペルセフォネを探し歩くデメテルが渇きをいやすためにブドウ酒を勢いよく飲んだ際,これを嘲笑(ちようしよう)した男アバスAbasをトカゲに変えたという。この話から,目上の者を敬わぬ悪徳を体現した動物とみなされている。…

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