Hesperia

Japanese: Hesperia
Hesperia

…In Eastern folklore, these include Horai, Ryugu, and Fudaraku (Fudaraku-tokai). In Western folklore, the ancient Greeks imagined a land of the blessed dead, Hesperia (the Western Land), far out in the Western Ocean where the sun sets, and in particular created the legend of the Garden of the Hesperides. This is a garden of everlasting spring where the daughters (Hesperides) of Hesperos, the evening star that shines in the western sky, protect golden apples with the help of a dragon. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…東洋の伝承でいえば,蓬萊(ほうらい),竜宮,補陀落(ふだらく)(補陀落渡海)などがこれにあたる。西洋の伝承では,古代ギリシア人が遠く太陽の沈む西方洋上に,祝福された死者の国ヘスペリアHesperia(西方の国)を想像し,とくに〈ヘスペリデスの園〉の伝説を生み出した。これは西の空に輝く宵の明星ヘスペロスHesperosの娘たち(ヘスペリデス)が,1匹の竜に助けられつつ黄金のリンゴを守る,常春(とこはる)の園のことである。…

※「Hesperia」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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