Harpyia

...A monster from Greek mythology. The singular form is Harpyia. It is generally spoken of in the plural. Its name means "women who skim." It seems that it was originally a wind spirit, and in Homer's epic poems, it is merely a whirlwind that kidnaps humans and carries them off to an unknown destination, but later it became a winged maiden or a bird of prey with a woman's face, and was thought to be a greedy and filthy being that attacks dining tables to steal food and ruin the remaining food with a terrible stench. [Tomohiro Mizutani]...

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…ギリシア神話の怪物。単数形はハルピュイアHarpyia。一般に複数形で語られる。その名は〈掠（かす）める女たち〉の意。もともと風の精であったらしく，ホメロスの叙事詩では，人間をさらっていずこへとも知れず運び去る旋風にすぎないが，のちに有翼の乙女，または女の顔をもった猛禽となり，食卓を襲って食物を掠め，残りの食物もひどい悪臭で台無しにする貪欲で汚らわしい存在と考えられた。【水谷 智洋】…

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