Ahasuerus

Japanese: Ahasuerus
Ahasuerus

…an eternally cursed wanderer in European legend. According to a legend that spread in the late Middle Ages, when Christ, carrying the cross on his way to the execution ground, asked to rest in front of the house of a shoemaker named Ahasuerus, he refused. Christ then replied, "Wait for me to come," and left. From then on, Ahasuerus lost his home and rest, and was destined to wander the earth until the day of the "Last Judgment." …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Ahasuerus" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ヨーロッパの伝説に語られる永遠に呪われた放浪者。中世末期に広まった伝説によれば,十字架を担って刑場におもむくキリストがアハスエルス(アハシュエロス)Ahasuerusなる靴屋の家の前で休息をもとめたとき,彼はこれを拒絶した。そのときキリストは〈汝,我の来たるを待て〉と答えて立ち去り,それ以後アハスエルスは故郷と安息とを失い,〈最後の審判〉の日まで地上をさまよう運命を負わされたという。…

※「Ahasuerus」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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