...At the end of the 16th century, a French hunter returned home with the front leg of a wolf he had shot in his hunting bag, only to find, to his surprise, that it was his wife's hand. In Germany, Berserker, a warrior who wore wolf or bear skins, was called Werwolf because of the animal skin he was wearing. In the mid-16th century, Swedish Archbishop Olaus Magnus recorded that the damage suffered by the inhabitants of Prussia, Lithuania, and other areas by men who could transform into wolves like this one was "greater than that caused by natural wolves." ... *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Berserker" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…16世紀末フランスの猟師が,射とめた狼の前脚を猟袋に入れて家に帰ると,見れば驚いたことに,それは彼の妻の手だったという。ドイツでは狼や熊の毛皮を着た戦士ベルゼルカーBerserkerが,着帯している獣皮のためにウェアウォルフWerwolf(狼人)と呼ばれた。スウェーデン大司教オラウス・マグヌスOlaus Magnusは,16世紀中葉,プロイセン,リウラント,リトアニア一帯に跋扈(ばつこ)した,これと同種の狼に変身する男たちから住民が受ける損害を,〈自然の狼からこうむる損害より重大である〉と記録している。… ※「Berserker」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 |
<<: Berson, A. (English spelling) BersonA
>>: Berruguete, P. (English spelling) BerrugueteP
The name of a Saibara piece. The title comes from ...
…The birth of modern tiles in Europe dates back t...
Army officer. Born in Fukuoka Prefecture on Janua...
...The bill is long and slender, and in all but o...
…The Toyoda clan rose to prominence during the Na...
…This conscientia becomes the English word consci...
…The mountain eagle family includes 20 species in...
... The shape of the forehead can be used to infe...
…One of the ancient Japanese cities. It was locat...
...It is widely distributed in the Northern Hemis...
meaning It refers to an international agreement b...
A general term for organisms that live by attachin...
… beat: A periodic change in amplitude that occur...
One of the main peaks in the Kyushu Mountains, lo...
…Generally, it dissolves well in water and alcoho...