Tarantismo

Japanese: tarantismo
Tarantismo

...These strange dancing diseases are also called the Dance of St. Vitus and are known from the works of Bruegel. In the 15th century, a dancing disease called tarantismo was known in southern Italy, which was believed to be caused by the bite of a tarantula spider. This type of epidemic dance disease reappeared briefly in the 18th century and then disappeared from history. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "tarantismo" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…こうした踊り狂う奇病は,〈聖ウィトゥス(ファイト)の踊り〉ともいわれ,ブリューゲルの作品でも知られる。 15世紀には南イタリアで,タランチュラというクモに刺されて起こると信じられたタランティスモtarantismoと呼ばれる舞踏病が知られる。こうした流行性舞踏病は,18世紀に一時再燃したあと,歴史から消えた。…

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