Aktaiōn (English spelling) Aktaion

…However, one of the nymphs, Kallistō, was loved by Zeus and gave birth to a child, Arkas, which angered the goddess (or Zeus' wife Hera) and turned her into a bear, and the mother and child later became the constellations Great Bear and Little Bear. The famous hunter Aktaiōn was also transformed into a deer and torn to pieces by his own dogs after seeing the goddess's naked body while bathing during a hunt. Artemis, who is thought to have originally been the indigenous Greek goddess of fertility, was also worshiped as the patron deity of the childbirth bed and the goddess who brings fertility to humans and wild animals. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…しかしニンフのひとりカリストKallistōは，ゼウスに愛されて一子アルカスArkasを生んだので，女神(またはゼウスの后のヘラ)の怒りにふれて熊に姿を変えられ，のちこの母子は大熊，小熊の星座となった。また高名な猟師アクタイオンAktaiōnは，狩りの最中，水浴中の女神の裸身を目にしたため鹿に変じられ，みずからの犬どもに八つ裂きにされたという。もともとギリシア先住民族の豊穣（ほうじよう）の女神であったと考えられるアルテミスは，産褥（さんじよく）の守護神，人間と野獣に多産をもたらす女神としてもあがめられた。…

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