Boreas

Japanese: Boreas

…She was the daughter of the Titan Hyperion, and sister of the sun god Helios and the moon goddess Selene. She gave birth to the wind gods Zephyros (west wind), Euros (east wind), Notos (south wind), and Boreas (north wind), as well as the morning star and other stars, with another Titan, Astraeus (star man). The goddess, who rode in a chariot drawn by two horses named Lampos (light) and Phaethon (shining one), and who ran through the sky as the vanguard of the sun god, is described in Homer's epic poems as having "pink fingers" and "wearing saffron clothing." …

From [Wind]

…In Japan, Osaka Bay, Tokyo Bay, Ise Bay, and Ariake Bay are considered to be areas prone to high tides. [Tatsuo Hanabusa]
【mythology】
In Greek mythology, the wind gods were Zephyros, the west wind, Boreas, and Notos, the south wind, and Eos and Astraeus, the goddesses of dawn, were their parents. Boreas kidnapped Orethyia, the daughter of the Athenian king Erechtheus, to his home base in Thrace, and gave birth to twin sons, Kalais and Zētēs.

From [Hyperboreo]

...In Greek legend, the "Northern people" who worshipped Apollo devoutly. They were thought to live a blissful life in a land shining with light beyond the north wind (Boreas). According to the story of the inhabitants of Delos, the sacred island of Apollo's birth, told by the 5th century BC historian Herodotus, the Hyperboreans once sent two maidens to Delos with offerings to Apollo, but when they did not return home, they carried the offerings wrapped in straw to the border and handed them to a neighboring country, asking them to forward them to the next neighboring country.

From [Direction]

…In ancient Greece, the wind gods were used as symbols to represent the four directions, north, south, east, and west, and the character of each wind god was associated with the characteristics of the corresponding direction. In other words, Boreas, the god of the north wind, had a stern and violent nature, Zephyros, the god of the west wind, was a gentle young man who brought spring and life, Notos, the god of the south wind, was powerful, and Euros, the god of the east wind, was a god who brought fertility. Throughout the Roman period, these four wind gods were further expanded to include the wind gods of the 12 directions, and they became decorative icons for indicating the directions of ancient maps, including Ptolemy's world map. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ティタン神族のヒュペリオンの娘で，太陽神ヘリオスと月の女神セレネの姉妹。同じくティタン神のひとりアストライオス(〈星男〉の意)とのあいだにゼフュロスZephyros(西風)，エウロスEuros(東風)，ノトスNotos(南風)，ボレアスBoreas(北風)などの風神と，暁の明星その他の星を生んだ。ランポス(光)とファエトン(輝く者)という名の2頭の馬がひく戦車に乗り，太陽神の先駆けとなって大空をはせる女神は，ホメロスの叙事詩に〈ばら色の指をもてる〉〈サフラン色の衣をまとえる〉女神と歌われている。…

【風】より

…日本では大阪湾，東京湾，伊勢湾，有明湾などが高潮の起こりやすい地域とされている。【花房竜男】
【神話】
　ギリシア神話では風神はまず，西風ゼフュロスZephyros，北風ボレアスBoreas，南風ノトスNotosに区別され，曙の女神エオスとアストライオスがその父母とされている。ボレアスは，アテナイの王エレクテウスの王女オレイテュイアを自分の本拠地のトラキアにさらってきて，双子の息子カライスKalaisとゼテスZētēsを産ませた。…

【ヒュペルボレオイ】より

…ギリシア伝説で，篤（あつ）くアポロンを崇拝する〈極北人〉。北風(ボレアスBoreas)のかなた(ヒュペルhyper)の四時光明に輝く国で至福の生を送っていると考えられた。前5世紀の歴史家ヘロドトスがアポロン誕生の聖地デロス島の住民の話として伝えるところによれば，かつてヒュペルボレオイは2人の乙女にアポロンへの供物を持たせてデロス島へ送り出したが，乙女たちが帰国しなかったため，以後は麦わらに包んだ供物を国境まで運んで隣国人に渡し，それをまた次の隣国人に転送してくれるようにと頼んだ。…

【方位】より

…古代ギリシアでは東西南北を表す象徴に風神の姿を用い，各風神の性格をそれに対応する方位の特徴とも関連づけた。すなわち北風の神ボレアスBoreasは厳しく荒々しい性質を持ち，西風の神ゼフュロスZephyrosは春と生命をもたらす優しい青年，南風の神ノトスNotosは力強く，また東風の神エウロスEurosは豊饒を恵む神とされる。ローマ時代を通じてこの4風神はさらに12方位の風神に拡張され，プトレマイオスの世界図をはじめ古地図の方位を示す装飾図像となった。…

※「Boreas」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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