…When Pompeii was buried by the great eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Pliny the Elder, who went to investigate the site, died from inhaling toxic gases. Volcanoes are also objects of awe in the northern volcanic island of Iceland, and in the story of the end of the world, Ragnarok, told in the Icelandic Sagas, Surtr, the leader of all evil who sets fire to the world, appears as a god symbolizing the horror of erupting volcanoes. Since the Middle Ages, the belief that there is another world where fire burns at the center of the earth and where spirits of the earth live, has spread, mainly in Northern Europe. … From Norse mythology…There was neither earth nor heaven, only the mouth of the abyss, and no grass had yet grown anywhere. To the south of the mouth of the abyss was a burning land called Múspellsheimr, guarded by one called Surtr. He carried a flaming sword in his hand, and as the end of the world approached (Ragnarok), he would go on a rampage and consume the world with fire. … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Surtr" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…またベスビオ(ウェスウィウス)山の大噴火でポンペイが埋没した際,現地調査に出た大プリニウスも有毒ガスを吸って死亡している。 北方の火山島アイスランドでも火山は畏怖の対象であり,〈アイスランド・サガ〉に語られる世界の終末〈ラグナレク〉にも,世界に火を放つ諸悪の総帥スルトSurtrが,噴火する火山の恐ろしさを象徴する神として現れる。中世以降は,北ヨーロッパを中心に,地球の中心に火が燃えさかり地の精霊が棲む別世界が存在するとの信仰が広がった。… 【北欧神話】より…大地もなければ天もなく,奈落の口があるばかりで,まだどこにも草は生えていなかった。奈落の口の南にムスペルスヘイムMúspellsheimrという火焰をあげて燃え上がる国があり,そこをスルトSurtrという者が警護に当たっている。彼は燃えさかる剣を手に持ち,世界の終末(ラグナレク)が近づくと荒し回り,世界を火で焼き尽くすことになる。… ※「Surtr」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。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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