…The lyre is a stringed instrument whose strings are made by the wind. Its name comes from Aiolos, the Greek god of the wind. There is a legend about its origin, which says that Hermes created the instrument after seeing the tendons remaining in a dried turtle's shell ringing in the wind. There is also a theory that it deals with the mystical nature of the instrument producing sound spontaneously. From [Aeolian Sound]...The sound of pine winds (shourai) and the hum of electric wires also belong to this category. The name Aeolus comes from Aiolos, the wind god in Greek mythology. In Japan, there has long been the word mogaribue, a winter seasonal word, which refers to the Aeolus sound made by the winter seasonal winds blowing through narrow gaps in fences or bamboo fences. From [Wind]…Typhōn, the king of monsters who was struck by lightning by Zeus and cast into the underworld of Tartarus, was also the master of the winds, and sent violent whirlwinds of unpredictable direction and timing over the land and sea, tormenting people. Aiolia, a floating island surrounded by a bronze wall, was also home to a wind god named Aiolos, who welcomed Odysseus, who stopped by the island during his voyage, and gave him a skin bag filled with all the winds except the fair winds. However, while Odysseus was sleeping, his servants opened the bag, thinking it contained wine, and a violent storm blew up, blowing the ship back to Aiolia. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Aiolos" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…風が弦を鳴らす琴。その名はギリシアの風神アイオロスAiolosに由来する。発端は伝説的で,干からびた亀の甲羅に残っていた腱などが風に鳴っていたのを見たヘルメスが弦楽器を作ったというほか,ひとりでに音が出る神秘性を扱った説がある。… 【エオルス音】より…松風の意味の松籟(しようらい)や電線のうなりなどもこの仲間である。エオルスの名はギリシア神話の風神アイオロスAiolosに由来する。日本には古くから虎落笛(もがりぶえ)という言葉があり,冬の季語になっているが,これは冬の季節風が柵や竹垣の狭いすき間を吹き抜ける時に出すエオルス音をいう。… 【風】より…ゼウスによって雷で打たれ地底の暗黒界タルタロスに投げこまれた怪物の王テュフォンTyphōnも風の主で,吹く方向と時期が不定の激しい旋風を地上と海上に吹き送り,人々を苦しめる。またアイオリアAioliaと呼ばれる青銅の城壁で囲まれた浮島には,アイオロスAiolosという名の風神が住んでおり,航海の途中この島に立ち寄ったオデュッセウスを歓待したうえに,彼に順風以外のすべての風を詰めた皮袋を持たせて出発させた。ところがオデュッセウスが眠っている間に,彼の家来たちが酒が入っていると思いこの袋の口を開けたため,たちまち暴風が吹き荒れ,船はまたアイオリア島に吹き戻されてしまったという。… ※「Aiolos」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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