Alberich

Japanese: Alberich
Alberich

…He appears in various forms in medieval legends from various countries. In the German Nibelungenlied, the dwarf fairy king who protects the secrets that the hero Siegfried acquires is named Alberich, meaning "King of Elves." In the French medieval knight tale Huon of Bordeaux, he appears as a 3-foot-tall (about 90 cm) forest fairy king who helps the hero with superhuman strength, and his name also changes to Auberon. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…各国中世伝説にさまざまな姿で現れている。ドイツの《ニーベルンゲンの歌》で英雄ジークフリートが獲得する秘密を守る小人の妖精王はアルベリヒAlberichで,〈エルフの王〉の意。フランスの中世騎士物語《ボルドーのユオン》では,主人公を超人的な力で助ける背丈3フィート(約90cm)の森の妖精王として現れ,名まえもオーベロンAuberonに変化した。…

※「Alberich」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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