…In the German Nibelungenlied, the dwarf fairy king who protects the secrets that the hero Siegfried acquires is 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 changes to Auberon. One theory is that he is the son of Morgan, the lake nymph in Arthurian legend, and Caesar, and that at birth he was shrunk by a fairy's curse and given supernatural powers. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Auberon" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…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。一説にはアーサー王伝説の湖の精モルガンとシーザー(カエサル)の息子といわれ,誕生時に妖精ののろいで小さくされ,また超能力も与えられたといわれている。… ※「Auberon」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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