benben

Japanese: benben
benben

…The Greeks called this obeliskos (meaning skewer). It originally came from the sacred stone benben (a primordial hill that appeared on the primordial ocean at the time of creation and was considered the place where the sun god created the world) in the temple of the sun god Ra in Heliopolis, and it was believed that the first rays of the sun were received at the tip of the stone every morning. For this reason, the tip was covered with amber (electrum) or copper plate. …

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Japanese:

…これをギリシア人はobeliskos(〈串〉の意)と呼んだ。もともとはヘリオポリスの太陽神ラーの神殿の聖石ベンベンbenben(天地創造時に原初の大洋上に出現し,太陽神の天地創造の場とされた原初の丘をかたどったもの)に由来し,毎朝太陽の最初の光がその先端に宿るとされた。そのため先端には琥珀金(こはくきん)(エレクトラム)または銅板が張られていた。…

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