Denys-Montfort, P.

Japanese: Denys-Montfort,P.(英語表記)DenysMontfortP
Denys-Montfort, P.

...In the West, there have been legends of sea monsters since ancient times, and the octopus was confused with the 12-legged, 6-headed monster Skylla, described in the Odyssey. Furthermore, in the early 19th century, naturalist Pierre Denys-Montfort determined that the Kraken, a monster that dragged ships into the sea, was in fact a giant octopus, establishing the terrifying image of the Kraken as the "largest ferocious creature on earth." Taking inspiration from this, Hugo depicted an octopus attacking a human in "Les Défenses du Sauve" (1866), and J. Verne and H.G. Wells also incorporated the image of the octopus as a monster into their works. ...

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…西洋では古くから海の怪物の伝説が存在したが,タコも《オデュッセイア》に語られる12本足と6頭の怪物スキュラSkyllaなどと混同された。さらに19世紀初めに博物学者ドニ・モンフォールPierre Denys‐Montfortは,船を海中に引きずり込むという怪物クラーケンの正体を大ダコと断定し,〈地上で最大の凶暴な生物〉という恐しいイメージを定着させた。ユゴーはこれにヒントを得,《海で働く人々》(1866)で人間を襲うタコを描き,J.ベルヌやH.G.ウェルズも怪物としてのタコのイメージを作品に盛り込んでいる。…

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