...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 |
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