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aclys
aklys
アキリス
#	A short studded or spiked club attached to a cord allowing
#	it to be drawn back to the wielder after having been thrown.
	鋲またはトゲがある短い棍棒で投げたあと装備できるよう紐が取り
	つけられている．
aleax
アレアックス
#	Said to be a doppelganger sent to inflict divine punishment
#	for alignment violations.
	属性に反する行為に対し神の罰を与えるため使わされる精霊と言わ
	れている．
amaterasu omikami
天照大神
#	The Shinto sun goddess, Amaterasu Omikami is the central
#	figure of Shintoism and the ancestral deity of the imperial
#	house.	One of the daughters of the primordial god Izanagi
#	and said to be his favourite offspring, she was born from
#	his left eye.
#	    [ Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan ]
	神道の太陽の女神，天照大神は神道および代々の皇室の神性のの
	中心的象徴である．最初の神，伊邪那岐命の娘の一人で，左の
	目から生まれ，伊邪那岐命が特に寵愛したと言われている．
	    [ Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan ]
*amnesia
記憶喪失
Maud
#	Get thee hence, nor come again,
#	Mix not memory with doubt,
#	Pass, thou deathlike type of pain,
#	Pass and cease to move about!
#	'Tis the blot upon the brain
#	That will show itself without.
#		...
#	For, Maud, so tender and true,
#	As long as my life endures
#	I feel I shall owe you a debt,
#	That I never can hope to pay;
#	And if ever I should forget
#	That I owe this debt to you
#	And for your sweet sake to yours;
#	O then, what then shall I say? -
#	If ever I should forget,
#	May God make me more wretched
#	Than ever I have been yet!
	ここより立ち去り，来るなかれ
	偽りだらけの，思い出は失く
	月日は流れ，苦痛が訪ずれ，
	月日は転々と流れる．
	記憶を稲妻が走り
	記憶がふと蘇える
		...
	おおMaud，愛しい真実の愛よ，
	私が生きているかぎり，
	あなたにはいつまでも
	返して欲しくない借りだらけ．
	もしあなたが私を忘れるなら
	お願いだから
	私に借りを作っておくれ
	そのとき私は何を言えばいいのだろう？
	そして，もし忘れられるなら，
	神よ私を恥知らずとののしり，
	この世から私を消しさるがよい．	
		[ Maud, And Other Poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson ]
天使
御使い
angel*
#	He answered and said unto them, he that soweth the good seed
#	is the Son of man; the field is the world, and the good seed
#	are the children of the kingdom; but the weeds are the
#	children of the wicked one; the enemy that sowed them is the
#	devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers
#	are the angels.	 As therefore the weeds are gathered and
#	burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
#	[...]  So shall it be at the end of the world; the angels
#	shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
#	and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be
#	wailing and gnashing of teeth.
	イエスは答えて言われた，「良い種をまく者は人の子である．畑は世
	界である．良い種と言うのは御国の子たちで，毒麦は悪い者の子たち
	である．それをまいた敵は悪魔である．収穫とは世の終りのことで，
	刈る者は御使いたちである．だから，毒麦が集められて火で焼かれる
	ように，世の終りにもそのとおりになるであろう．人の子はその使た
	ちをつかわし，つまずきとなるものと不法を行う者とを，ことごとく
	御国からとり集めて，炉の火に投げ入れさせるであろう．そこでは泣
	き叫んだり，歯がみをしたりするであろう．
	...
	世の終りにも，そのとおりになるであろう．すなわち，御使いたちが
	きて，義人のうちから悪人をえり分け，そして炉の火に投げこむであ
	ろう．そこでは泣き叫んだり，歯がみをしたりするであろう．
#		[ The Gospel According to Matthew, 13:37-42, 49-50 ]
	[マタイによる福音書，13:37-42, 49-50，口語訳聖書，日本聖書協会]
アンフル
anhur
#	An Egyptian god of war and a great hunter, few gods can match
#	his fury.  Unlike many gods of war, he is a force for good.
#	The wrath of Anhur is slow to come, but it is inescapable
#	once earned.  Anhur is a mighty figure with four arms.	He
#	is often seen with a powerful lance that requires both of
#	his right arms to wield and which is tipped with a fragment
#	of the sun.  He is married to Mehut, a lion-headed goddess.
	戦いと狩猟のエジプトの神，彼の猛威について行ける神はほとん
	どいなかった．他の多くの戦いの神とは違って，彼は善の力を持つ．
	アンフルの怒りは徐々に高まるが，一度そうなると回避することは
	不可能である．アンフルは4つの腕を持つ力強い風体である．彼は
	しばしば巨大な槍を持って現われる．槍を持つには，2つの右手が
	必要で，先端には太陽の破片から作られた矢じりがつけられていた．
	彼はライオンの頭を持つ女神メハトと結婚している．
アンク*モルポーク
ankh-morpork
#	The twin city of Ankh-Morpork, foremost of all the cities
#	bounding the Circle Sea, was as a matter of course the home
#	of a large number of gangs, thieves' guilds, syndicates and
#	similar organisations.	This was one of the reasons for its
#	wealth.	 Most of the humbler folk on the widdershin side of
#	the river, in Morpork's mazy alleys, supplemented their
#	meagre incomes by filling some small role for one or other
#	of the competing gangs.
	双子都市アンク=モルポークは，円形海岸の都市の中で最も主要な
	ものであり，当然，数多くのギャング，盗賊ギルド，シンジーケ
	ート他似たような組織の根城となっていた．そのおかげでこの都市
	は裕福だったとも言える．アンク川の逆回転側，迷路のようなモル
	ポークの小路に住む多くの貧しい人々は，張り合うギャングたち
	のためにちょっとした仕事をしては，乏しい収入を補っていたから
	だ．
	    [ The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett ]
	    [ ディスクワールド騒動記，安田均訳，角川文庫 ]
アンシャル
anshar
#	A primordial Babylonian-Akkadian deity, Anshar is mentioned
#	in the Babylonian creation epic _Enuma Elish_ as one of a
#	pair of offspring (with Kishar) of Lahmu and Lahamu.  Anshar
#	is linked with heaven while Kishar is identified with earth.
	バビロニアアッカド王朝の祖先．アンシャルはバビロニアの創世記
	「エヌマエリシュ」ではラームとラハムの双子(他方はカイシャル)
	の一人とされている．アンシャルは天と同一視されており，カイシャ
	ルは地に同一視されている．
	    [ Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan ]
蟻
ant
* ant
#	This giant variety of the ordinary ant will fight just as
#	fiercely as its small, distant cousin.	Various varieties
#	exist, and they are known and feared for their relentless
#	persecution of their victims.
	普通の蟻を巨大にしたこの種は，小さい種がそうであるように
	凶暴である．様々な種が存在し，儀牲者への情け容赦ない攻撃
	で恐れられている．
アヌ
anu
#	Anu was the Babylonian god of the heavens, the monarch of
#	the north star.	 He was the oldest of the Babylonian gods,
#	the father of all gods, and the ruler of heaven and destiny.
#	Anu features strongly in the _atiku_ festival in
#	Babylon, Uruk and other cities.
	アヌはバビロニアの天の神であり，北極星の支配者である．彼は
	バビロニアの神々の中で一番歳をとっており，全ての神の父と
	されている天と運命の統治者である．アヌはウルクや他の町の
	バビロニアの「アチク祭」にて力強く演じられている．
*猿
*ape
	The most highly evolved of all the primates, as shown by
	all their anatomical characters and particularly the
	development of the brain.  Both arboreal and terrestrial,
	the apes have the forelimbs much better developed than
	the hind limbs.	 Tail entirely absent.	Growth is slow
	and sexual maturity reached at quite an advanced age.
#	解剖学的特徴により示されるところや脳の発達により全ての霊長
#	類でもっとも進化した動物．樹上，地表をとわず，類人猿は後足
#	よりはるかに発達した前足を持つ．尻尾は完全になくなっている．
#	成長は遅く，かなり歳を取ると生殖能力を持つようになる．
	[ A Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Africa by Dorst ]

#	Aldo the gorilla had a plan.  It was a good plan.  It was
#	right.	He knew it.  He smacked his lips in anticipation as
#	he thought of it.  Yes.	 Apes should be strong.	 Apes should
#	be masters.  Apes should be proud.  Apes should make the
#	Earth shake when they walked.  Apes should _rule_ the Earth.
	ゴリラのアルドには計画があった。それは素晴らしい計画だった。
	それは正しかった。彼は知っていた。彼はそれを考え、楽しみにし
	舌つづみを打った。そう、猿は強くなくてはいけない。猿は支配者
	でなければならない。猿は誇りを持たなくてはいけない。猿は地上
	を歩くときに大地を揺がさなくてはいけない。猿は地上の「ルール」
	でなければならない。
		[ Battle for the Planet of the Apes,
			by David Gerrold ]
アルコン
archon
#	Archons are the predominant inhabitants of the heavens.
#	However unusual their appearance, they are not generally
#	evil.  They are beings at peace with themselves and their
#	surroundings.
	アルコンは天上に住む上位種である．それらは, その異常な見掛けとは
	違って，いちがいに悪とはいえない．アルコンは自身やまわりのものに
	対して平和的な種である．
足利尊氏
ashikaga takauji
#	Ashikaga Takajui was a daimyo of the Minamoto clan who
#	joined forces with the Go-Daigo to defeat the Hojo armies.
#	Later when Go-Daigo attempted to reduce the powers of the
#	samurai clans he rebelled against him.	He defeated Go-
#	Daigo and established the emperor Komyo on the throne.
#	Go-Daigo eventually escaped and established another
#	government in the town of Yoshino.  This period of dual
#	governments was known as the Nambokucho.
	足利尊氏は源一族の大名で，北条軍を打ち破るため後醍醐天皇
	に協力した．のち後醍醐天皇が武士の力を抑えようとしたとき，
	彼は天皇に対し反逆した．彼は後醍醐天皇を打ち負かし，光明
	天皇を立てた．後醍醐天皇はかろうじて逃げ延び，吉野の里に
	別の政府を立てた．この2つの王朝のある時代は南北朝として
	知られている．	
	[ Samurai - The Story of a Warrior Tradition, by Cook ]
アスモデウス
asmodeus
#	It is said that Asmodeus is the overlord over all of hell.
#	His appearance, unlike many other demons and devils, is
#	human apart from his horns and tail.  He can freeze flesh
#	with a touch.
	アスモデウスは，地獄全体の総支配者であると言われている．その
	外見は，他の悪魔と違い，角と尻尾以外は人間と同じである．触ら
	れると，肉体は凍りついてしまう．
アサメ
athame
#	The consecrated ritual knife of a Wiccan initiate (one of
#	four basic tools, together with the wand, chalice and
#	pentacle).  Traditionally, the athame is a double-edged,
#	black-handled, cross-hilted dagger of between six and
#	eighteen inches length.
	魔術崇拝のイニシエーションのために聖別された儀礼用ナイフ(4つ
	の基本道具の１つで，杖，聖杯，五芒星と一緒に使う)．伝統的に
	アサメは両刃，黒い握り，交差した柄をもつ6インチから8インチの
	長さの短剣である．
アテナ
athen*
#	Athene was the offspring of Zeus, and without a mother.	 She
#	sprang forth from his head completely armed.  Her favourite
#	bird was the owl, and the plant sacred to her is the olive.
	アテナはゼウスの娘で母親はいない．彼女は完全に武装した姿で
	ゼウスの頭から誕生した．梟(ふくろう)を御使い鳥とし，オリーブ
	を聖木とする．
	    [ Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch ]
atlatl
#	A device used to throw spears for longer distances.  A short
#	staff with a handle at one end and a cradle for the spear at
#	the other.
	槍を遠くへ投げるのに使う器具．操作に使う短い棒が端についており，
	もう一方には槍をささえる台がついている．
axolotl
#	A mundane salamander, harmless.
	よくいるサラマンダー．無害．
ベルゼブブ
b*lzebub
#	The "lord of the flies" is a translation of the Hebrew
#	Ba'alzevuv (Beelzebub in Greek).  It has been suggested that
#	it was a mistranslation of a mistransliterated word which
#	gave us this pungent and suggestive name of the Devil, a
#	devil whose name suggests that he is devoted to decay,
#	destruction, demoralization, hysteria and panic...
	「蝿の王」はヘブライ語のBa'alzevuv(ギリシャ語ではBeelzebub)
	が変化したものである。	もともとこの名前は、辛辣で悪魔の名前
	であると思わせるような単語の綴を間違えたものを誤訳したものだ
	と思われる(悪魔には腐敗、破壊、堕落、ヒステリー、混乱を連想
	させるような名前がつけられている)。
		[ Notes on _Lord of the Flies_, by E. L. Epstein ]
バルログ
balrog
#	...  It came to the edge of the fire and the light faded as
#	if a cloud had bent over it.  Then with a rush it leaped
#	the fissure.  The flames roared up to greet it, and wreathed
#	about it; and a black smoke swirled in the air.	 Its streaming
#	mane kindled, and blazed behind it.  In its right hand
#	was a blade like a stabbing tongue of fire; in its left it
#	held a whip of many thongs.
#	'Ai, ai!' wailed Legolas.  'A Balrog!  A Balrog is come!'
#		   [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
	そのものは火のきわまでやって来ました．火はまるで雲がかぶさ
	ってきたかのように，光がうすれました．ついでその物は一跳び
	で割れめを越えました．焔は迎えるようにごうごうと燃えたけり，
	それにからみつきました．黒い煙が渦を巻いて立ち上りました．
	たなびくたてがみに火がついて，その者の背後に赤々と燃え上が
	りました．その者の右手には切っ先鋭い火の舌のような刃が握ら
	れ，左手にはたくさんの皮紐のついた鞭が握られていました．
	「ああ！ああ！」レゴラスが声をふりしぼりました．「バルログ
	だ！バルログが来た！」
		   [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
					      [ 評論社, 瀬田貞二訳 ]
バルキテリウム
チタノゼア
baluchitherium
titanothere
#	Extinct rhinos include a variety of forms, the most
#	spectacular being _Baluchitherium_ from the Oligocene of
#	Asia, which is the largest known land mammal.  Its body, 18
#	feet high at the shoulder and carried on massive limbs,
#	allowed the 4-foot-long head to browse on the higher branches
#	of trees.  Though not as enormous, the titanotheres of the
#	early Tertiary were also large perissodactyls, _Brontotherium_
#	of the Oligocene being 8 feet high at the shoulder.
	絶滅したサイには様々な形態が含まれる．漸新世の時代にアジアにい
	たもっとも壮観な生き物であるバルキテリウムは知られているかぎり
	地上最大の哺乳類である．その体は肩まで18フィートの高さで，どっし
	りとした四肢にささえられており，4フィートの長さの頭は木の高い枝
	の葉を食べることができた．第3期の始めのチタノゼアまた巨大な奇蹄
	類であり，漸新世のブロントテリウムも肩まで8フィートあった．
		[Prehistoric Animals, by Barry Cox ]
野蛮人
蛮族
barbarian
#	They dressed alike -- in buckskin boots, leathern breeks and
#	deerskin shirts, with broad girdles that held axes and short
#	swords; and they were all gaunt and scarred and hard-eyed;
#	sinewy and taciturn.
#	They were wild men, of a sort, yet there was still a wide
#	gulf between them and the Cimmerian.  They were sons of
#	civilization, reverted to a semi-barbarism.  He was a
#	barbarian of a thousand generations of barbarians.  They had
#	acquired stealth and craft, but he had been born to these
#	things.	 He excelled them even in lithe economy of motion.
#	They were wolves, but he was a tiger.
#	    [ Conan - The Warrior, by Robert E. Howard ]
	まず，身装りが似ていた----鹿皮の深靴，革の短袴に鹿皮の短衣，広
	幅の腰帯に斧と短剣を差し，だれもが痩せぎすで，顔に創痕があり，
	目が鋭く，筋肉質の躰，そしてそろって寡黙だった．
	彼らはいうなれば野性の男だが，しかし，キンメリア人とのあいだに
	は，天地ほどの懸隔があった．彼らはもともと文明の子であるが，生
	きてゆく必要から，半ば蛮族の状態に復帰していたのだが，コナンは
	それに反して，数千年のあいだ，野性の血を変えることなく伝えてき
	た蛮族中の蛮族だった．アキロニアの山男たちは，鍛練によって忍び
	の術を習得したのだが，コナンはそれを身に付けて生まれてきて，動
	きに無駄がないだけでも，彼らをはるかに遼駕していた．彼らが狼で
	あるとすれば，コナンは猛虎であった．
	    [ Conan - The Warrior, by Robert E. Howard ]
	    [ コナンと古代王国の秘宝, 宇野利泰訳, 創元推理文庫 ]
髭のある悪魔
barbed devil
#	Barbed devils lack any real special abilities, though they
#	are quite difficult to kill.
	髭のある悪魔には特殊能力が全くない．しかし倒すのは非常に困難
	である．
*こうもり
*bat
	A bat, flitting in the darkness outside, took the wrong turn
	as it made its nightly rounds and came in through the window
	which had been left healthfully open.  It then proceeded to
	circle the room in the aimless fat-headed fashion habitual
	with bats, who are notoriously among the less intellectually
	gifted of God's creatures.  Show me a bat, says the old
	proverb, and I will show you something that ought to be in
	some kind of a home.
		[ A Pelican at Blandings, by P. G. Wodehouse ]
*蜂
*bee
#	This giant variety of its useful normal cousin normally
#	appears in small groups, looking for raw material to produce
#	the royal jelly needed to feed their queen.  On rare
#	occasions, one may stumble upon a bee-hive, in which the
#	queen bee is being well provided for, and guarded against
#	intruders.
	有益な通常の蜂の近縁にあたるこの巨大な様々な蜂は通常小さな集団
	を形成して現われ，それらの女王蜂のためにかかせないロイヤルゼリー
	を作るために生きた食材を探している．極稀に女王蜂に餌が与えら
	れている蜂の巣に誰かが誤って入ると，侵入者に対して女王蜂の身を
	守る．
カブト虫
*beetle
#	The common name for the insects with wings shaped like
#	shields (_Coleoptera_), one of the ten sub-species into
#	which the insects are divided.	They are characterized by
#	the shields (the front pair of wings) under which the back
#	wings are folded.
	甲のような形をした羽をもつ昆虫に共通の名前(学名: Coleoptera)．
	昆虫の10の亜綱の1つ．それらは折りたまれた後羽を覆う甲(二枚の
	前羽)が特徴である．
	    [ Van Dale's Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal ]
開放のベル
bell of opening
	"A bell, book and candle job."
	The Bursar sighed.  "We tried that, Archchancellor."
	The Archchancellor leaned towards him.
	"Eh?" he said.
	"I _said_, we tried that Archchancellor," said the Bursar loudly,
	directing his voice at the old man's ear.  "After dinner, you
	remember?  We used Humptemper's _Names of the Ants_ and rang Old
	Tom."*
	"Did we, indeed.  Worked, did it?"
	"_No_, Archchancellor."

	* Old Tom was the single cracked bronze bell in the University
	bell tower.
		[ Eric, by Terry Pratchett ]
ブラインド*イオ
盲目のイオ
blind io
#	On this particular day Blind Io, by dint of constant vigilance
#	the chief of the gods, sat with his chin on his hand
#	and looked at the gaming board on the red marble table in
#	front of him.  Blind Io had got his name because, where his
#	eye sockets should have been, there were nothing but two
#	areas of blank skin.  His eyes, of which he had an impressively
#	large number, led a semi-independent life of their
#	own.  Several were currently hovering above the table.
	この日，たゆみない覚醒のおかげで神々の長となった“盲目のイオ”
	は，手に顎を乗せて座り，目の前の赤大理石のテーブルに載ったゲー
	ム盤を眺めていた．「盲目のイオの名前は，眼窩のあるべきところに，
	のっぺらぼうの皮膚しかないところに由来する．イオの目は，感動す
	るほど数が多いのだが，目たちはそれ自身で半ば独立した生活を送っ
	ていた．そのうちのいくつかが，現在，テーブルの上を浮遊している．
	    [ The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett ]
	    [ ディスクワールド騒動記，安田均訳，角川文庫 ]
*ブロッブ
* blob
#	Animated protoplasm.
	原形質の生き物．
骨の悪魔
bone devil
#	Bone devils attack with weapons and with a great hooked tail
#	which causes a loss of strength to those they sting.
	骨の悪魔は武器と，大きな鈎のついた尾で攻撃してくる．この鈎が
	刺さると，強さが吸い取られてしまう．
死者の書
book of the dead
	Faustus: Come on Mephistopheles.  What shall we do?
	Mephistopheles: Nay, I know not.  We shall be cursed with bell,
	book, and candle.
	Faustus: How?  Bell, book, and candle, candle, book, and bell,
	Forward and backward, to curse Faustus to hell.
	Anon you shall hear a hog grunt, a calf bleat, and an ass bray,
	Because it is Saint Peter's holy day.
	(Enter all the Friars to sing the dirge)
		[ Doctor Faustus and Other Plays, by Christopher Marlowe ]
ブリジット
brigit
#	Brigit (Brigid, Bride, Banfile), which means the Exalted One,
#	was the Celtic (continental European and Irish) fertility
#	goddess.  She was originally celebrated on February first in
#	the festival of Imbolc, which coincided with the beginning
#	of lactation in ewes and was regarded in Scotland as the date
#	on which Brigit deposed the blue-faced hag of winter.  The
#	Christian calendar adopted the same date for the Feast of St.
#	Brigit.	 There is no record that a Christian saint ever
#	actually existed, but in Irish mythology she became the
#	midwife to the Virgin Mary.
	ブリジット(ブリジッド，ブライド，バンファイル)は「高貴な人」を
	意味するケルト族(大陸のヨーロッパ人やアイルランド人)の肥沃の女
	神である．彼女は本来２月１日にのインボルク祭で祝福される．祭は
	雌羊の授乳のはじまりとされており，スコットランドでは，陰鬱な冬
	の魔女を退ける日ともされている．キリスト教の暦も同じ日を聖ブリ
	ジットの祝日としている．アイルランドにキリスト教の聖徒が本当に
	いたと言う記録はないが，アイルランドの神話では彼女は聖母マリア
	の助産婦となっている．
		[ Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan ]
broadsword
	Bring me my broadsword
	And clear understanding.
	Bring me my cross of gold,
	As a talisman.
		[ "Broadsword" (refrain) by Ian Anderson ]
バグベア
bugbear
#	Bugbears are relatives of goblins, although they tend to be
#	larger and more hairy.	They are aggressive carnivores and
#	sometimes kill just for the treasure their victims may be
#	carrying.
	バグベアはゴブリンの血縁だといわれているが，大概のものはより大
	きく毛深い．攻撃的な肉食動物で，時には財宝を狙って襲いかかって
	くる．
カマキシトリ
*camaxtli
#	A classical Mesoamerican Aztec god, also known as Mixcoatl-
#	Camaxtli (the Cloud Serpent), Camaxtli is the god of war.  He
#	is also a diety of hunting and fire who received human
#	sacrifice of captured prisoners.  According to tradition, the
#	sun god Tezcatlipoca transformed himself into Mixcoatl-Camaxtli
#	to make fire by twirling the sacred fire sticks.
	古代中米のアステカ人の戦いの神．ミクスコルカマキシトリ(雲蛇)
	としてもまた知られている．彼はまた囚われた捕虜を生贄として受けと
	る狩と火の象徴である．伝説によれば，太陽の神テスカリトポカがミク
	スコルカマキシトリに変身し聖なる火の杖を振りまわし火を作ったとさ
	れている．
		[ Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan ]
シュレディンガー*
s*d*g*r* cat
#	Imagine a sealed container, so perfectly constructed that no
#	physical influence can pass either inwards or outwards across its
#	walls.	Imagine that inside the container is a cat, and also a
#	device that can be triggered by some quantum event.  If that event
#	takes place, then the device smashes a phial containing cyanide and
#	the cat is killed.  If the event does not take place, the cat lives
#	on.  In Schroedinger's original version, the quantum event was the
#	decay of a radioactive atom.  ...  To the outside observer, the cat
#	is indeed in a linear combination of being alive and dead, and only
#	when the container is finally opened would the cat's state vector
#	collapse into one or the other.	 On the other hand, to a (suitably
#	protected) observer inside the container, the cat's state-vector
#	would have collapsed much earlier, and the outside observer's
#	linear combination has no relevance.
	完全に作られていかなる影響もその壁を越えて出入りできない，密閉さ
	れた容器を想像しよう．容器の中には猫が閉じ込められており，また何ら
	かの量子事象に触発されて起動する装置も収められている．その事象が起
	きると，装置が働いて青酸を入れた小瓶が割れて猫は死ぬ．もし，事象が
	起こらなければ，猫は生き続ける．シュレーディンガーの最初の案では，
	量子的事象は放射性原子の崩解であった．
	．．．．
	外部の観測者には，猫は確かに，生と死の線型結合であり，最後に容器が
	開かれたときにはじめて，猫の状態のベクトルは崩解してどちらか一方の
	状態になる．これに対して，容器内部の(適当な防御を施した)観測者に
	とって見れば，猫の状態ベクトルはもっと早く崩解してしまい，外部の
	観測者との線型結合は意味がなくなる．
		[ The Emperor's New Mind, by Roger Penrose ]
		[ 皇帝の新しい心，林 一訳，みすず書房 ]
*猫
*cat
kitten
#	Well-known quadruped domestic animal from the family of
#	predatory felines (_Felis ochreata domestica_), with a thick,
#	soft pelt; often kept as a pet.	 Various folklores have the
#	cat associated with magic and the gods of ancient Egypt.
	よく知られた肉食のネコ科の四足動物(学名: Felis ochreata
	 domestica)，厚く柔らかい毛皮を持ち，よくペットとして飼われる．
	多くの伝承が魔法や古代エジプトの神に関連づけてネコをとりあげて
	いる．
*ケンタウロス
*centaur
#	Of all the monsters put together by the Greek imagination
#	the Centaurs (Kentauroi) constituted a class in themselves.
#	Despite a strong streak of sensuality, in their make-up,
#	their normal behaviour was moral, and they took a kindly
#	thought of man's welfare.  The attempted outrage of Nessos on
#	Deianeira, and that of the whole tribe of Centaurs on the
#	Lapith women, are more than offset by the hospitality of
#	Pholos and by the wisdom of Cheiron, physician, prophet,
#	lyrist, and the instructor of Achilles.	 Further, the
#	Centaurs were peculiar in that their nature, which united the
#	body of a horse with the trunk and head of a man, involved
#	an unthinkable duplication of vital organs and important
#	members.  So grotesque a combination seems almost un-Greek.
#	These strange creatures were said to live in the caves and
#	clefts of the mountains, myths associating them especially
#	with the hills of Thessaly and the range of Erymanthos.
	ギリシャ人の想像したケンタウロスはそれ自身１つのクラスを構成す
	る．かなりの好色気質にもかかわらず，普段のふるまいは道徳的で，
	人間には親切である．
	ネッソスのダイアネイラへの非道な未遂行為，ラピタイの花嫁での全
	てのケンタウロス族の非道行為は，フォロスの待遇や，ケイロンの智
	恵，医師，予言者，叙情詩人，アキリスの指導者で埋め合せてあまる
	くらいである．さらに，馬の体に人間の胴体と頭からなるケンタウロ
	スは独特の想像もできない二重の生命器官ときわめて重要な男根を必
	要とする特有の生活をしている．そのグロテスクな交合はギリシアっ
	ぽくない．この奇妙な生き物は洞窟や山地の断崖に澄んでいると言わ
	れ，神話は特にテサリーの丘やエリマンソス山脈などに結びつけてい
	る．
		     [ Mythology of all races, Vol. 1, pp. 270-271 ]
ケルベロス
cerberus
kerberos
#	Cerberus, (or Kerberos in Greek), was the three-headed dog
#	that guarded the Gates of Hell.	 He allowed any dead to enter,
#	and likewise prevented them all from ever leaving.  He was
#	bested only twice:  once when Orpheus put him to sleep by
#	playing bewitching music on his lyre, and the other time when
#	Hercules confronted him and took him to the world of the
#	living (as his twelfth and last labor).
	ケルベロスは３つの頭を持つ地獄の門の番犬だ．死者を通すが二度と
	戻らせることはない．しかしたったの２度だけ彼は騙されたことがあ
	る：　一度はオルフェウスがその竪琴で奏でる美しい音楽で眠らせて，
	また一度はヘラクレスが彼の１２番めの(そして最後の)試練として
	生者の世界に連れ出した時である．
カメレオン
chameleon
#	Name of a family (_Chameleonidae_) and race (_Chameleo_) of
#	scaly lizards, especially the _Chameleo vulgaris_ species,
#	with a short neck, claws, a grasping tail, a long, extendible
#	tongue and mutually independent moving eyes.  When it is
#	scared or angry, it inflates itself and its transparent skin
#	shows its blood:  the skin first appears greenish, then
#	gradually changes color until it is a spotted red.  The final
#	color depends on the background color as well, hence the
#	(figurative) implication of unreliability.  [Capitalized:]
#	a constellation of the southern hemisphere (Chameleo).
	科の名前(Chameleonidae)およびうろこトカゲの種の名前(Chameleo)．
	短い首，ツメ，掴める尻尾，長く，伸縮可能な下，別々に動かせる目
	をもつ Cameleo vulgraisの種を差す．怯えたり怒ったりすると，ふく
	らみ，透明な皮を通して血が見える．皮膚は最初緑であるが，次第に
	赤い斑点になるまで色が変化する．最後には色は背景のようになり，
	それゆえ(比喩的に)信頼できないやつの意味に使われる．南の半球の
	星座(カメレオン座)．
	    [ Van Dale's Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal ]
カロン
charo*n
#	When an ancient Greek died, his soul went to the nether world:
#	the Hades.  To reach the nether world, the souls had to cross
#	the river Styx, the river that separated the living from the
#	dead.  The Styx could be crossed by ferry, whose shabby ferry-
#	man, advanced in age, was called Charon.  The deceased's next-
#	of-kin would place a coin under his tongue, to pay the ferry-
#	man.
	古代ギリシャ人が死ぬと，その魂は地下の世界すなわち冥界へ行った．
	魂が冥界へとたどり着くには，生者と死者とを分かつステュクス川を
	渡らねばならなかった．ステュクス川は渡し船で渡ることができ，船
	の年老いたみすぼらしい渡し守はカロンと呼ばれた．人が死ぬとその
	家族は，渡し守に渡し賃を払えるようにと，死者の舌の下に硬貨を入
	れた．
赤松子
chih*sung*tzu
#	A Chinese rain god.
	中国の雨の神．
クロマティック*ドラゴン
ティアマット
chromatic dragon
tiamat
#	Tiamat is said to be the mother of evil dragonkind.  She is
#	extremely vain.
	ティアマットは邪悪なドラゴンの母といわれている．彼女はとても
	虚栄心が強い．
コカトリス
cockatrice
#	Once in a great while, when the positions of the stars are
#	just right, a seven-year-old rooster will lay an egg.  Then,
#	along will come a snake, to coil around the egg, or a toad,
#	to squat upon the egg, keeping it warm and helping it to
#	hatch.	When it hatches, out comes a creature called basilisk,
#	or cockatrice, the most deadly of all creatures.  A single
#	glance from its yellow, piercing toad's eyes will kill both
#	man and beast.	Its power of destruction is said to be so
#	great that sometimes simply to hear its hiss can prove fatal.
#	Its breath is so venomous that it causes all vegetation
#	to wither.
#
#	There is, however, one creature which can withstand the
#	basilisk's deadly gaze, and this is the weasel.	 No one knows
#	why this is so, but although the fierce weasel can slay the
#	basilisk, it will itself be killed in the struggle.  Perhaps
#	the weasel knows the basilisk's fatal weakness:	 if it ever
#	sees its own reflection in a mirror it will perish instantly.
#	But even a dead basilisk is dangerous, for it is said that
#	merely touching its lifeless body can cause a person to
#	sicken and die.
#	[ Mythical Beasts by Deirdre Headon (The Leprechaun Library)
#	  and other sources ]
	何百年に一度，星々の位置が正しい位置にあるとき，7歳の雄鳥が卵
	を産む．そして，蛇がやってきて卵に巻きついたり，ヒキガエルが
	卵の上に乗ったりして温め，孵化するのを手伝う．それが孵化した
	とき，出てきた生き物をバジリスクとかコカトリスとか呼ぶ．最も
	危険な生き物である．その黄色い凍てつくようなヒキガエルの目を
	ちらりと見ることは，人間と獣の両方に死をもたらす．その破壊の
	力は，強力すぎるので，時々そのシーッと言う声を聞くだけで死な
	ることがあると言う．言われている．その息は猛毒で，全ての植物
	を枯らす．

	しかしながら，バジリスクの死の眈みに絶えることができるある種
	の生き物がいる．これはイタチである．誰も何故そういうことなの
	か知らないが，兇暴なイタチはバジリスクを殺すことができる．バ
	ジリスクはもがきながら死んでいく．このようにイタチはバジリス
	クを瀕死にするものとして知られている．もしそれが見ているなら，
	鏡でその姿を反射させることにより直ちに死をもたらすことだろう．
	しかし死んだバジリスクもまた危険である．その生命のない体にさ
	わるることは，たまに人間を病気や死をもたらすと言われている．
		    [ 神話の生物, Deirede Headon(レプレコーン図書) ]
とんがり帽子
cornuthaum
#	He was dressed in a flowing gown with fur tippets which had
#	the signs of the zodiac embroidered over it, with various
#	cabalistic signs, such as triangles with eyes in them, queer
#	crosses, leaves of trees, bones of birds and animals, and a
#	planetarium whose stars shone like bits of looking-glass with
#	the sun on them.  He had a pointed hat like a dunce's cap, or
#	like the headgear worn by ladies of that time, except that
#	the ladies were accustomed to have a bit of veil floating
#	from the top of it.
#			[ The Once and Future King, by T.H. White ]
	男の人は，毛皮の肩衣のついた流れるような長いガウンを着ていた．
	ガウンには一面に，十二宮星座のサインが刺繍してある．そのほかに，
	三角で囲んだ目玉やら，妙ちくりんな十字架やら，木の葉や，鳥やけ
	ものの骨，太陽をうけた鏡の破片さながらにきらきら光る星座図など
	の，さまざまな秘教的な図柄もあった．頭には，学校でだめな生徒が
	かぶらされるのにそっくりな，とんがり帽子をかぶっている．そのこ
	ろの貴婦人のかぶりもののようでもあるが，貴婦人なら，てっぺんか
	らヴェールをなびかせているところ．
			[ The Once and Future King, by T.H. White ]
			[ 永遠の王, 森下弓子訳, 創元推理文庫]
# 永遠の王----アーサーの書---- 上, T・H・ホワイト,
# 森下弓子訳, 創元推理文庫, 1992, p.47

		"A wizard!" Dooley exclaimed, astounded.
		"At your service, sirs," said the wizard.  "How
	perceptive of you to notice.  I suppose my hat rather gives me
	away.  Something of a beacon, I don't doubt."  His hat was
	pretty much that, tall and cone-shaped with stars and crescent
	moons all over it.  All in all, it couldn't have been more
	wizardish.
			[ The Elfin Ship, James P. Blaylock ]
コウアトル
couatl
#	A mythical feathered serpent.  The couatl are very rare.
	神話で羽のある大蛇．コウアトルはとても珍しい．
クラム
たらふく
cram*
#	If you want to know what cram is, I can only say that I don't
#	know the recipe; but it is biscuitish, keeps good indefinitely,
#	is supposed to be sustaining, and is certainly not entertaining,
#	being in fact very uninteresting except as a chewing
#	exercise.  It was made by the Lake-men for long journeys.
	たらふくがどんなものかといっても，わたしには作り方がわかりませ
	ん．ただ，ビスケットのようなもので，「もち」がたいへんよいとこ
	ろから，非常食料とされるくらいで，くちゃくちゃのものをかむ練習
	のために使うのでなければ，とびついてほしがるようなものではあり
	ません．長い旅をする場合，湖の人たちが作る食べ物です．
		[The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien]
		[ホビットの冒険，岩波少年文庫，瀬田貞二訳]
ワニ*
*crocodile
#	A big animal with the appearance of a lizard, constituting
#	an order of the reptiles (_Loricata_ or _Crocodylia_), the
#	crocodile is a large, dangerous predator native to tropical
#	and subtropical climes.	 It spends most of its time in large
#	bodies of water.
	トカゲに似た大きな動物，爬虫類(学名: Loricata もしく Crocodylia)
	ワニは大きく，危険な熱帯や亜熱帯に住む肉食動物である．主に水
	のなかで生活する．
クロイソス
croesus
kroisos
creosote
#	Croesus (in Greek: Kroisos), the wealthy last king of Lydia;
#	his empire was destroyed when he attacked Cyrus in 549, after
#	the Oracle of Delphi (q.v.) had told him:  "if you attack the
#	Persians, you will destroy a mighty empire".  Herodotus
#	relates of his legendary conversation with Solon of Athens,
#	who impressed upon him that being rich does not imply being
#	happy and that no one should be considered fortunate before
#	his death.
	クロイソス，リディアの最後の金持ちの王．デルファイのオラクル
	(参照せよ)が「もしそなたがペルシャを攻撃するならば，強力な帝
	国を滅ぼすであろう」と述べたあと彼がキルスに攻め込んだとき，彼
	の帝国は 549年に滅んだ．
クロム
crom
#	Warily Conan scanned his surroundings, all of his senses alert
#	for signs of possible danger.  Off in the distance, he could
#	see the familiar shapes of the Camp of the Duali tribe.
#	Suddenly, the hairs on his neck stand on end as he detects the
#	aura of evil magic in the air.	Without thought, he readies
#	his weapon, and mutters under his breath:
#	"By Crom, there will be blood spilt today."
#
#	[ Conan the Avenger by Robert E. Howard, Bjorn Nyberg, and
#	  L. Sprague de Camp ]
	ウォリリィ=コナンは、辺りを見回した。彼の全ての感覚は危険を
	感じとっていた。彼はすこし離れた場所で、懐かしいデュアリ族の
	集落を見つけた。突然、彼は首の毛を坂立たせた。邪悪な魔法のオ
	ーラを感じとったのだ。その瞬間、彼は武器を構えつぶやいた。
	「クロムよ、彼の者の血を捧げよう」
	[ Conan the Avenger by Robert E. Howard, Bjorn Nyberg, and
	  L. Sprague de Camp ]
サイクロプス
cyclops
#	And after he had milked his cattle swiftly,
#	he again took hold of two of my men
#	and had them as his supper.
#	Then I went, with a tub of red wine,
#	to stand before the Cyclops, saying:
#	"A drop of wine after all this human meat,
#	so you can taste the delicious wine
#	that is stored in our ship, Cyclops."
#	He took the tub and emptied it.
#	He appreciated the priceless wine that much
#	that he promptly asked me for a second tub.
#	"Give it", he said, "and give me your name as well".
#			...
#	Thrice I filled the tub,
#	and after the wine had clouded his mind,
#	I said to him, in a tone as sweet as honey:
#	"You have asked my name, Cyclops?  Well,
#	my name is very well known.  I'll give it to you,
#	if you give me the gift you promised me as a guest.
#	My name is Nobody.  All call me thus:
#	my father and my mother and my friends."
#	Ruthlessly he answered to this:
#	"Nobody, I will eat you last of all;
#	your host of friends will completely precede you.
#	That will be my present to you, my friend."
#	And after these words he fell down backwards,
#	restrained by the all-restrainer Hupnos.
#	His monstrous neck slid into the dust;
#	the red wine squirted from his throat;
#	the drunk vomited lumps of human flesh.
	それがすむとめいめいの母羊に
	嬰子の羊を宛てがってやり，こう大急ぎで仕事をせっせとやり終ると，
	何ということ，またもや二人をとっ掴まえ，夕食の仕度に宛てたのでした．
	そのおりを待ち，私はキュクロープスの間近に立ち寄り，話しかけたので，
	蔦の木の椀を手に持ち，黒々としたぶどう酒をそれに満たして．
	「キュクロープスさん，さあお酒を飲みなさい，人間の肉をあがったならば，
	これこの通りの，何という甘い飲料を，私の船が蔵してきたか，
	悟って下さるようにも．またお供えのお神酒まで持って来ました，もしや私を
	不憫に思い，故国へ送ってくださるまいかと．でもその狂気の沙汰は
	とうてい辛抱できません．非道い方です，どうして今後他人が訪ねて
	まいりましょう，そんなに多数人がいても，こう道に外れなさりかたでは．」
	こう言いますと，巨人は受けとり飲み干しましたが，飲んだお酒の
	甘さがとても気に入ったので，もう一杯重ねてくれと請求しました．
	「もっとくれよ，気前よくな．それからわしにお前の名前を教えろ，
		.....
	こうして三度も酌んで渡すと，三度も愚かな無分別から飲み乾しました．
	ところですっかりキュクロープスの体じゅう，脳まで酒が廻ったおき，
	そのときついに私は，彼に対って猫撫で声で，大声でこう言いました，
	「キュクロープスさん，私の世間に知られた名前をお訊きで．そんなら私も
	申しあげましょうから，あなたの方でも約束どおり土産をください．
	駄礼毛志内と私はいうので，駄礼毛志内と母親も父親にしても，
	そのほかの仲間の人たち皆が，私のことを呼んでおります．」
	こう言うと，大男は早速にも，情容赦もない心で，私に返答するよう，
	「駄礼毛志内をわしは最後に喰ってやろうよ，仲間たちのうちでもな，
	ほかの奴らを先にしてやる，これがお前にやる土産だぞ．」
	こう言うと，そのままあお向けに引っくり返って倒れまして，それから
	がっしりとした猪頚を斜めに曲げて横になり，あらゆるものを
	屈服させる睡眠の虜になって，咽喉もとから，ぶどう酒やら
	人間の肉の切れ片やらが噴き出て来たのは，深酒のため吐いたのでした．
		[ The Odyssey, (chapter Epsilon), by Homer ]
		[ 岩波文庫，呉茂一訳 ]
暗き者
dark one
#	... But he ruled rather by force and fear, if they might
#	avail; and those who perceived his shadow spreading over the
#	world called him the Dark Lord and named him the Enemy; and
#	he gathered again under his government all the evil things of
#	the days of Morgoth that remained on earth or beneath it,
#	and the Orcs were at his command and multiplied like flies.
#	Thus the Black Years began ...
	しかしかれは使えるところでは，むしろ暴力と恐怖によって統治した．
	かれの影が世界中に広がってゆくのを認めた者は，かれを冥王と呼び，
	大敵と名づけた．そしてかれは地上に或いは地下に残っているモルゴス
	時代の邪悪な者たちをすべて傘下に集め，オーク共はかれの指図に従い，
	その数は蝿の如く殖えた．かくて黒の時代は始まった．
		[ The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
		[ シルマリルの物語，評論社，瀬田貞二訳 ]
デモゴルゴン
demogorgon
#	Demogorgon, the prince of demons, wallows in filth and can
#	spread a quickly fatal illness to his victims while rending
#	them.  He is a mighty spellcaster, and he can drain the life
#	of mortals with a touch of his tail.
	デモゴルゴンは悪魔の皇子で，汚物にまみれ，犠牲者を速やかに死
	に至らせる毒を撒き散らす．強力な魔術師でもあり，人間の生命を，
	尻尾で触れることにより吸いとることができる．
ディスペータ
dispater
#	Dispater is an arch-devil who rules the city of Dis.  He is
#	a powerful mage.
	デスペーターは冥府を統べる大悪魔で，強力な魔術師である．
*ジン
djinn*
#	The djinn are genies from the elemental plane of Air.  There,
#	among their kind, they have their own societies.  They are
#	sometimes encountered on earth and may even be summoned here
#	to perform some service for powerful wizards.  The wizards
#	often leave them about for later service, safely tucked away
#	in a flask or lamp.  Once in a while, such a tool is found by
#	a lucky rogue, and some djinn are known to be so grateful
#	when released that they might grant their rescuer a wish.
	ジンは風の精霊界から来る精霊である．彼らは精霊界において独自の
	社会を形成している．地上界で彼らと偶然出会うこともあるし，強力
	な魔法使いが使役するために彼らを召喚することさえある．こうした
	魔法使いたちはよく，後ほど奉仕させるために彼らを瓶やランプに押
	し込めておく．時として好運な冒険者がこうした道具を見つけること
	があり，解放されたジンの中には，感謝のしるしに冒険者の願いを一
	つかなえてくれる者もいることが知られている．
*犬
*dog
pup*
#	A domestic animal, the _tame dog_ (_Canis familiaris_), of
#	which numerous breeds exist.  The male is called a dog,
#	while the female is called a bitch.  Because of its known
#	loyalty to man and gentleness with children, it is the
#	world's most popular domestic animal.  It can easily be
#	trained to perform various tasks.
	ペット，飼い犬(学名: Canis familiaris)，多数の種が存在．オスは
	 dogと呼ばれメスは bitchと呼ばれる．人間への忠誠や子供への優し
	さが知られており，世界で最もポピュラーなペットである．いろいろ
	な技を簡単に教えることもできる．
*ドラゴン
*dragon
*xoth
#	In the West the dragon was the natural enemy of man.  Although
#	preferring to live in bleak and desolate regions, whenever it
#	was seen among men it left in its wake a trail of destruction
#	and disease.  Yet any attempt to slay this beast was a perilous
#	undertaking.  For the dragon's assailant had to contend
#	not only with clouds of sulphurous fumes pouring from its fire
#	breathing nostrils, but also with the thrashings of its tail,
#	the most deadly part of its serpent-like body.
#	[Mythical Beasts by Deirdre Headon (The Leprechaun Library)]
	西洋では，ドラゴンは人間の敵である．荒れた寂しい場所に住むこ
	とを好むのだが，人間に見られると必ず，破壊や病気の後を遺して
	いく．この獣を殺そうと言うありとあらゆる挑戦は危険な仕事であ
	る．ドラゴンを攻撃するものには，硫黄の臭気のガスだけでなく，
	最も危険な蛇のように激しく動く尻尾とも格闘せねばならない．
		    [ 神話の生物, Deirede Headon(レプレコーン図書) ]
ドワーフ*
dwarf*
	Dwarfs have faces like men (ugly men, with wrinkled, leathery
	skins), but are generally either flat-footed, duck-footed, or
	have feet pointing backwards.  They are of the earth, earthy,
	living in the darkest of caverns and venturing forth only
	with the cloaks by which they can make themselves invisible,
	and others disguised as toads.	Miners often come across them,
	and sometimes establish reasonably close relations with them.
	... The miners of Cornwall were always delighted to hear a
	bucca busily mining away, for all dwarfs have an infallible
	nose for precious metals.
	Among other things, dwarfs are rightly valued for their skill
	as blacksmiths and jewellers: they made Odin his famous spear
	Gungnir, and Thor his hammer; for Freya they designed a
	magnificent necklace, and for Frey a golden boar.  And in their
	spare time they are excellent bakers.  Ironically, despite
	their odd feet, they are particularly fond of dancing.	They
	can also see into the future, and consequently are excellent
	meteorologists.	 They can be free with presents to people
	they like, and a dwarvish gift is likely to turn to gold in
	the hand.  But on the whole they are a snappish lot.
	    [ The Immortals, by Derek and Julia Parker ]
エアレンディル
エルウィング
earendil
elwing
#	In after days, when because of the triumph of Morgoth Elves and
#	Men became estranged, as he most wished, those of the Elven-race
#	that lived still in Middle-earth waned and faded, and Men usurped
#	the sunlight.  Then the Quendi wandered in the lonely places of the
#	great lands and the isles, and took to the moonlight and the
#	starlight, and to the woods and the caves, becoming as shadows
#	and memories, save those who ever and anon set sail into the West
#	and vanished from Middle-earth.	 But in the dawn of years Elves
#	and Men were allies and held themselves akin, and there were some
#	among Men that learned the wisdom of the Eldar, and became great
#	and valiant among the captains of the Noldor.  And in the glory
#	and beauty of the Elves, and in their fate, full share had the
#	offspring of elf and mortal, Earendil, and Elwing, and Elrond
#	their child.
	後世，モルゴスが勝利を占め，エルフと人間が，かれの願望通り，離聞
	されるに至った時，中つ国になおも住み続けるエルフ族は，次第に衰え，
	力を失い，人間が陽光を恣に亨受した．やがてクウェンディは，広大な
	国々，島々の人気ない場所をさまよい，月光と星明かりに，そして森と
	洞窟に親しみ，記憶の中に存在する影の如きものになり果てた．ただ，
	時折，西方に船出して中つ国から姿を消す者がいた．しかし，黎明期に
	あっては，エルフと人間は盟友であり，互いに同類と見なしていた．そ
	して人間の中にはエルダアルの智恵を学び，ノルドオルの大将たちに立
	ちまじる，勇猛にしてすぐれた者もいた．エルフの栄光と美しさ，かれ
	らの宿命を完全に共有したのは，エルフと人間の血を亨けたエアレンデ
	ィルであり，エルウィングであり，かれらの子供であるエルロンドであ
	る．
		[ The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
		[ シルマリルの物語，評論社，瀬田貞二訳 ]
ウナギ
巨大ウナギ
eel
giant eel
#	The behaviour of eels in fresh water extends the air of
#	mystery surrounding them.  They move freely into muddy, silty
#	bottoms of lakes, lying buried in the daylight hours in summer.
#	[...]  Eels are voracious carnivores, feeding mainly at
#	night and consuming a wide variety of fishes and invertebrate
#	creatures.  Contrary to earlier thinking, eels seek living
#	rather than dead creatures and are not habitual eaters of
#	carrion.
	きれいな水に住むウナギの振舞いはその周辺の神秘性を増す．それら
	は自由に濁った泥々の湖底を移動し，夏の日中は埋まって生活する．
	....
	ウナギは大食漢の食肉動物で，主に夜に補食し，多くの種類の魚や
	無脊椎動物をたいらげる．初期の考えとは反対に，ウナギは死んだ生
	物よりむしろ生きたものを探しており，腐肉の常食者ではない．
	    [ Freshwater Fishes of Canada, by Scott and Crossman ]
elbereth
#	... Even as they stepped over the threshold a single clear
#	voice rose in song.
#
#		A Elbereth Gilthoniel,
#		silivren penna miriel
#		o menel aglar elenath!
#		Na-chaered palen-diriel
#		o galadhremmin ennorath,
#		Fanuilos, le linnathon
#		nef aear, si nef aearon!
#
#	Frodo halted for a moment, looking back.  Elrond was in his
#	chair and the fire was on his face like summer-light upon the
#	trees.	Near him sat the Lady Arwen.  [...]
#	He stood still enchanted, while the sweet syllables of the
#	elvish song fell like clear jewels of blended word and melody.
#	"It is a song to Elbereth," said Bilbo.	 "They will sing that,
#	and other songs of the Blessed Realm, many times tonight.
#	Come on!"
	敷居をまたぐ時にも，澄んだ歌声が一つ高らかに聞こえてきました．

		アー エルベレス ギルソニエル，
		シリブレン ペンナ ミリエル
		オー メネル アグラール エレナス！
		ナ=カエレド パラン=ディリエル
		オー ガラズレミン エノラス，
		ファヌイロス，レ リナソン
		ネフ アイアー，シー ネフ アイアロン！

	フロドは一瞬立ち止まって，振り向きました．エルロンドは椅子に腰
	を下していて，その顔にはまるで夏の光が樹々を照らすように，暖炉
	の火が照り映えていました．彼のそばにはアルウェン姫がすわってい
	ました．
		.....
	かれはなおも魅せられたように立っていました．その間，エルフの歌
	の美しい音節の一つ一つが，言葉と旋律のまざった透明な宝玉のよう
	に，耳に聞こえてきました．「エルベレスに捧げる歌だよ．」とビル
	ボがいいました．「今夜はみんな，あの歌や，ほかにも浄福の国の讃
	歌を何度も何度も歌うことだろう．さぁ，行こう！」
	   [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
				      [ 評論社, 瀬田貞二訳 ]
電気ウナギ
electric eel
#	South-American fish (_Gymnotus electricus_), living in fresh
#	water.	Shaped like a serpent, it can grow up to 2 metres.
#	This eel is known for its electrical organ which enables it
#	to paralyse creatures up to the size of a horse.
	南アメリカの淡水魚(学名 Gymnotus electricus)．蛇のような形を
	しており，2メートルにも成長する．このウナギは馬くらいのサイズ
	の生き物をも痺れさせる電気体として知られている．
	   [ Van Dale's Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal ]
*の精
*elemental
#	Elementals are manifestations of the basic nature of the
#	universe.  There are four known forms of elementals:  air, fire,
#	water, and earth.  Some mystics have postulated the necessity
#	for a fifth type, the spirit elemental, but none have ever
#	been encountered, at least on this plane of existence.
	エレメンタルとは全宇宙の基本現象の現れである．風，火，水，地
	の4つのエレメンタルが知られている．何人かの神秘主義者は5番目
	のタイプ，すなわち霊であるが，の必要性を主張しているが，少な
	くとも存在するこの地では誰も遭遇したことがない．

~*ゾンビ
~*ミイラ
エルフ*
~elf ??m*
*elf*
elvenking
#	The Elves sat round the fire upon the grass or upon the sawn
#	rings of old trunks.  Some went to and fro bearing cups and
#	pouring drinks; others brought food on heaped plates and
#	dishes.
#	"This is poor fare," they said to the hobbits; "for we are
#	lodging in the greenwood far from our halls.  If ever you are
#	our guests at home, we will treat you better."
#	"It seems to me good enough for a birthday-party," said Frodo.
#	Pippin afterwards recalled little of either food or drink, for
#	his mind was filled with the light upon the elf-faces, and the
#	sound of voices so various and so beautiful that he felt in a
#	waking dream.  [...]
#	Sam could never describe in words, nor picture clearly to
#	himself, what he felt or thought that night, though it remained
#	in his memory as one of the chief events of his life.  The
#	nearest he ever got was to say: "Well, sir, if I could grow
#	apples like that, I would call myself a gardener.  But it was
#	the singing that went to my heart, if you know what I mean."
	エルフたちは焚火をかこんで，草の上や，丸太の切株を腰掛にして，
	すわっていました．杯を運ぶ者あり，飲みものをそそいで回る者が
	ありました．また山のように積み上げた皿小鉢の上に食べ物をのせ
	てくる者もいました．
	「御馳走はありませんよ．」と，かれらはホビットたちにいいまし
	た．「ここはわたしたちの館を遠く離れた緑の森の宿りだから．わ
	が館にお招きしたら，もっとましなおもてなしをするけれど．」
	「わたしには，りっぱな誕生日のご馳走ほどに思えますよ．」とフ
	ロドがいいました．
	ピピンはあとになってこの時のことを思い出そうとしても，食べも
	ののことも飲みもののこともほとんど思い浮かびませんでした．か
	れは，エルフたちの顔に映える光と，うつつの夢とまごうほど，変
	化に富む美しい声の響きに，すっかり心を奪われてしまったせいで
	した．
		.....
	サムはその夜感じたこと，思ったことを言葉に写すことも，心には
	っきり思い描くこともついにできませんでした．しかしその夜のこ
	とは，かれの生涯を通じてのおもなでき事の一つとして，いつまで
	もかれの記憶にとどめられました．辛うじてかれにいえたのは，次
	のような言葉でした．「ほんとに，旦那，おらにこんなりんごが育
	てられたら，おらも自分を庭師と呼びますだ．だけど，おらの心に
	響いたのはあの歌声ですた，ほんとのこと」
	   [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
				      [ 評論社, 瀬田貞二訳 ]
エオス
eos
	エオス．暁の女神でヒュペリオンの子．ローマ神話ではオーロラと
	呼ばれる．
イリニス
erinys
erinyes
#	These female-seeming devils named after the Furies of mythology
#	attack hand to hand and poison their unwary victims as well.
	ギリシャ神話のフュリズにちなんで命名された女性の姿をしたこの悪魔は
	不注意な犠牲者につかみかかったり，毒をくらわす．
エティン
ettin
#	The two-headed giant, or ettin, is a vicious and unpredictable
#	hunter that stalks by night and eats any meat it can catch.
	双頭の巨人．エティンは危険でなにをしでかすかわからないハンター
	である．エティンは夜中大またで歩き，掴めるものなら何でも食う．
エクスカリバー
excalibur
	At first only its tip was visible, but then it rose, straight,
	proud, all that was noble and great and wondrous.  The tip of
	the blade pointed toward the moon, as if it would cleave it
	in two.	 The blade itself gleamed like a beacon in the night.
	There was no light source for the sword to be reflecting
	from, for the moon had darted behind a cloud in fear.  The
	sword was glowing from the intensity of its strength and
	power and knowledge that it was justice incarnate, and that
	after a slumber of uncounted years its time had again come.
	After the blade broke the surface, the hilt was visible, and
	holding the sword was a single strong, yet feminine hand,
	wearing several rings that bore jewels sparkling with the
	blue-green color of the ocean.
		[ Knight Life, by Peter David ]
エチオピアの目
eye of the aethiopica
#	This is a powerful amulet of ESP.  In addition to its standard
#	powers, it regenerates the energy of anyone who carries
#	it, allowing them to cast spells more often.  It also reduces
#	any spell damage to the person who carries it by half, and
#	protects from magic missiles.  Finally, when invoked it has
#	the power to instantly open a portal to any other area of the
#	dungeon, allowing its invoker to travel quickly between
#	areas.
	強力な遠視の魔除け．その通常の力の他に，それを持っているものなら
	誰でも魔法をより頻繁に唱えれるようエネルギーが回復する．また，そ
	れを持つものの魔法のダメージを半分に減らし，魔法の矢から守る力が
	ある．その力を使うと迷宮の他のエリアへの魔法の入口を開き，力を使
	うものはエリア間を高速に移動することができる．
さまよう目
floating eye
#	Floating eyes, not surprisingly, are large, floating eyeballs
#	which drift about the dungeon.	Though not dangerous in and
#	of themselves, their power to paralyse those who gaze at
#	their large eye in combat is widely feared.  Many are the
#	tales of those who struck a floating eye, were paralysed by
#	its mystic powers, and then nibbled to death by some other
#	creature that lurked around nearby.
	さまよう目は，驚くべきことでもないが，巨大で宙に浮いた眼球で，
	ダンジョンの中をあちこちさまよっている．それ自体が単独で危険と
	いうわけではないものの，闘いの最中にその巨大な目を見つめた者を
	麻痺させるという能力は大いに恐れられている．さまよう目に対して
	殴りかかり，その魔力によって麻痺し，辺りをうろついていた他の生
	物によって体力を削られて死に至った者達の話はよく聞かれる．
肉のゴーレム
flesh golem
#	With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected
#	the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark
#	of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet.  It was
#	already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against
#	the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the
#	glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow
#	eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive
#	motion agitated its limbs.
#
#	How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how
#	delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I
#	had endeavoured to form?  His limbs were in proportion, and I
#	had selected his features as beautiful.	 Beautiful!--Great God! 
#	His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and
#	arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and
#	flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances
#	only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that
#	seemed almost of the same colour as the dun white sockets in
#	which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight
#	black lips.
	苦しいほどの熱意に駆られ，わたしは足もとに横たわる命のない物体
	に生命の火花を吹きこむべく，生命の器械をまわりに集めました．す
	でに午前一時．雨がぱらぱらと陰気に窓を打ち，蝋燭は今にも燃えつ
	きようとする，そのとき，なかば消えかけた微かな光に，わたしは生
	き物のどんより黄色い目がひらくのを見たのです．それは重く息をつ
	き，痙攣が手足を走りました．

	この大詰めのわたしの感情を語ることなどできるでしょうか．どう描
	いたらいいのでしょう，計り知れる苦心と用心をかさねて創りだそう
	としてきた，このあさましい生き物を？四肢は均整がとれ，容貌も美
	しく選んであった．美しく！--これが美しいと！黄色い皮膚は下の筋
	肉や動脈の作用をほとんど隠さず，髪は黒くつややかにすらりと伸び，
	歯の白さは真珠のよう．だがそんな贅沢は，いっそうおぞましくきわ
	だたせるばかりでした．はめこまれた薄茶の眼窩とほとんど同じ色に
	見えるうるんだ目，やつれたような顔の色，一文字の黒い唇を．
		[ Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ]
		[ フランケンシュタイン，創元推理文庫，森下弓子訳 ]
霧の曇
fog cloud
#	The fog comes
#	on little cat feet.
#
#	It sits looking
#	over harbor and city
#	on silent haunches
#	and then moves on.
	霧がくる
	小さな猫の足つきで
	
	静かに腰をおろして
	港と街を
	眺めわたしている
	それから動いていく．
	     [ Fog, by Carl Sandburg ]
	     [ 霧, 安藤一郎・新倉俊一訳 ]
# 世界詩人全集12 ディキンソン・フロスト・サンドバーグ詩集,
# 安藤一郎・新倉俊一訳, 新潮社, 1968, pp.238-239
キノコ
菌類
*fung*
#	Fungi, division of simple plants that lack chlorophyll, true
#	stems, roots, and leaves.  Unlike algae, fungi cannot
#	photosynthesize, and live as parasites or saprophytes.	The
#	division comprises the slime molds and true fungi.  True
#	fungi are multicellular (with the exception of yeasts); the
#	body of most true fungi consists of slender cottony
#	filaments, or hyphae.  All fungi are capable of asexual
#	reproduction by cell division, budding, fragmentation, or
#	spores.	 Those that reproduce sexually alternate a sexual
#	generation (gametophyte) with a spore-producing one.  The
#	four classes of true fungi are the algaelike fungi (e.g.,
#	black bread mold and downy mildew), sac fungi (e.g., yeasts,
#	powdery mildews, truffles, and blue and green molds such as
#	Penicillium), basidium fungi (e.g., mushrooms and puffballs)
#	and imperfect fungi (e.g., species that cause athlete's foot
#	and ringworm).	Fungi help decompose organic matter (important
#	in soil renewal); are valuable as a source of antibiotics,
#	vitamins, and various chemicals; and for their role in
#	fermentation, e.g., in bread and alcoholic beverage
#	production.
	菌類．クロロフィル，真茎，根，葉の欠けた単純植物に属する．藻類
	と違って菌類は光合成ができず，植物や動物死骸に寄生して生きている．
	真菌類は変形菌と真菌からなる．真菌は多細胞(イースト菌を除く)生物
	で，ほとんどの真菌類の体は細い綿のような単繊維や菌糸からなる．全
	ての菌類は細胞分裂，発芽，分裂，胞子による無性生殖が可能である．
	有性生殖をする物は有性世代(配偶体)と胞子体世代が交互にある．真菌
	類の4つの綱は鞭毛菌類(例えば黒パンカビや，べと病菌)，子嚢菌類(例えば，
	イースト菌，白カビ，トリュフ，ペニシリンのような青緑カビ)，担子菌
	類(例えば，マッシュルーム，ホコリタケ)，不完全菌類(例えば，みずむ
	しの原因となる種や白癬菌)である．菌類は有機体を分解する手助けをし
	(土壌の再生に重要)，抗生物質，ビタミン，様々な化学薬品の原料として
	あるいはその発酵作用(例えば，パンやアルコール飲料生成)に重要なもの
	である．
		[ The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia ]
*ガーゴイル
*gargoyle
	And so it came to pass that while Man ruled on Earth, the
	gargoyles waited, lurking, hidden from the light.  Reborn
	every 600 years in Man's reckoning of time, the gargoyles
	joined battle against Man to gain dominion over the Earth.

	In each coming, the gargoyles were nearly destroyed by Men
	who flourished in greater numbers.  Now it has been so many
	hundreds of years that it seems the ancient statues and
	paintings of gargoyles are just products of Man's
	imagination.  In this year, with Man's thoughts turned toward
	the many ills he has brought among himself, Man has forgotten
	his most ancient adversary, the gargoyles.
	[ Excerpt from the opening narration to the movie
		_Gargoyles_, written by Stephen and Elinor Karpf ]
ゲーリュオーン
geryon
#	Geryon is an arch-devil sometimes called the Wild Beast,
#	attacking with his claws and poison sting.  His ranking in
#	Hell is rumored to be quite low.
	ゲーリュオーンはときに野獣と呼ばれる大悪魔であり，爪と毒針で
	攻撃してくる．地獄での階級は極めて低いと云われている．
幽霊
ghost
#	And now the souls of the dead who had gone below came swarming
#	up from Erebus -- fresh brides, unmarried youths, old men
#	with life's long suffering behind them, tender young girls
#	still nursing this first anguish in their hearts, and a great
#	throng of warriors killed in battle, their spear-wounds gaping
#	yet and all their armour stained with blood.  From this
#	multitude of souls, as they fluttered to and fro by the
#	trench, there came a moaning that was horrible to hear.
#	Panic drained the blood from my cheeks.
	去った亡者の白霊たちが，幽冥界から浮かび上がって群がり寄るのは，
	若い少女やまだ独身の青年たち，またずいぶん苦労した(らしい)老人など，
	あるはまたやさしい乙女の，生々しい痛みを胸に抱くものなど，
	また大勢は，青銅をはめた槍をもて突き殺されて亡ったもの，
	あるは戦さに命を落とし，なお血まみれな武具を着けた武士など，
	おびただしく穴のまわりへ，四方八方からてんでんに群らがり寄って，
	おっそろしい叫喚のこえをあげるのに，色蒼ざめる恐怖が私を捉えました．
	     [ The Odyssey, (chapter Lambda), by Homer ]
	     [ 岩波文庫，呉茂一訳 ]
*巨人
*giant
giant humanoid
#	Giants have always walked the earth, though they are rare in
#	these times.  They range in size from little over nine feet
#	to a towering twenty feet or more.  The larger ones use huge
#	boulders as weapons, hurling them over large distances.	 All
#	types of giants share a love for men - roasted, boiled, or
#	fried.	Their table manners are legendary.
	巨人はいつも大地を歩いていたが，最近では彼らは非常に希な存在
	となっている．彼らのサイズと言ったら，9フィートたらずのから
	空にもそびえる20フィート以上のものまでいる．大きなものは巨大
	な岩を武器として使い，遠くからでもそれを投げつける．全ての種
	類の巨人は人間（焼いたり，煮たり，揚げたりしたもの）が大好き
	という点で共通している．彼らのテーブルマナーは伝説的だ．
~*ゾンビ
~*ミイラ
ノーム*
~gnome ??m*
gnome*
gnomish wizard
#	...  And then a gnome came by, carrying a bundle, an old
#	fellow three times as large as an imp and wearing clothes of
#	a sort, especially a hat.  And he was clearly just as frightened
#	as the imps though he could not go so fast.  Ramon Alonzo
#	saw that there must be some great trouble that was vexing
#	magical things; and, since gnomes speak the language of men, and
#	will answer if spoken to gently, he raised his hat, and asked
#	of the gnome his name.	The gnome did not stop his hasty
#	shuffle a moment as he answered 'Alaraba' and grabbed the rim
#	of his hat but forgot to doff it.
#	'What is the trouble, Alaraba?'	 said Ramon Alonzo.
#	'White magic.  Run!'  said the gnome ..
#	     [ The Charwoman's Shadow, by Lord Dunsany ]
	... そのあとから，小鬼(インプ)の三倍もほどもある土鬼(ノーム)
	が，荷物をかついで駆けてきた．独特の服，それにとりわけ独特の
	帽子をかぶったやつだ．この土鬼は小鬼ほど足が早くないが，怯え
	ていることに変りはなかった．こうした魔法の民をおびやかすよう
	な一大事が，森のなかでもちあがったのだ．ラモン・アランソは，
	土鬼が人間の言葉をしゃべる上に，人間に声をかけられればかなら
	ず答える習性をもっていたことを思いだし，帽子をふり上げて土鬼
	の名前を尋ねた．土鬼はあわただしい駆けっこを一瞬もやめないで，
	自分の名を「アラバマ」と教えてくれた．帽子のふちにも手をやっ
	たけれど，脱ぐのは忘れた．
	「何が起きたんだ，アラバマ」とラモン・アランソが訊いた．
	「白い魔法だよ！逃げろ！」土鬼はそういって必死に走りつづけた．
			[ The Charwoman's Shadow, by Lord Dunsany. ]
					     [ハヤカワ文庫 荒俣宏訳]
ゴブリン
goblin
#	Now goblins are cruel, wicked, and bad-hearted.	 They make
#	no beautiful things, but they make many clever ones.  They
#	can tunnel and mine as well as any but the most skilled
#	dwarves, when they take the trouble, though they are usually
#	untidy and dirty.  Hammers, axes, swords, daggers, pickaxes,
#	tongs, and also instruments of torture, they make very well,
#	or get other people to make to their design, prisoners and
#	slaves that have to work till they die for want of air and
#	light.
	もともとゴブリンは，ざんこくで，腹黒くて，しんから悪いやつ
	です．美しいものを作りだせないくせに，手さきはかなりきよう
	です．いちばんじょうずなドワーフにはかないませんが，とにか
	くドワーフなみにトンネルを掘り，鉱山を掘ります．もっとも，
	ふだんはそんなに働かないで，だらしがなくて，よごれほうだい
	です．つちに斧，剣に短刀，つるはしにやっとこ，そのほかの
	武器や，ひとをいためる道具などをゴブリンたちはけっこうじょう
	ずに作りますし，ほかの者を使って思いどおりに作らせることも
	あります．ほかの者というのはつかまえた者や奴隷たちで，空気
	と光がたりないで死んでしまうまで，働かされるのがきまりです．
	     [ The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
	     [ホビットの冒険，岩波少年文庫，瀬田貞二訳]
ゴールド
金
gold
gold piece
zorkmid
#	A metal of characteristic yellow colour, the most precious
#	metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange.  Symbol,
#	Au; at. no. 79; at. wt. 197.2.	It is the most malleable
#	and ductile of all metals, and very heavy (sp. gr., 19.3).
#	It is quite unalterable by heat, moisture, and most
#	corrosive agents, and therefore well suited for its use in
#	coin and jewelry.
#	     [ Webster's New International Dictionary
#		  of the English Language, Second Edition ]
	独特の黄色をした金属で，最も希少な金属，商業において共通の兌
	換価値として用いられた．元素記号Au，元素番号79，原子量197.2．
	あらゆる金属の中で，もっとも展性と延性に富み，また，かなり重
	い(比重19.3)．熱，湿気，腐食に非常に強く，そのため貨弊や宝石
	装飾に適する．
					[ ウェブスター英語辞典2版 ]
~肉の*
*ゴーレム
~flesh golem
*golem
#	"The original story harks back, so they say, to the sixteenth
#	century.  Using long-lost formulas from the Kabbala, a rabbi is
#	said to have made an artificial man -- the so-called Golem -- to
#	help ring the bells in the Synagogue and for all kinds of other
#	menial work.
#	"But he hadn't made a full man, and it was animated by some sort
#	of vegetable half-life.	 What life it had, too, so the story
#	runs, was only derived from the magic charm placed behind its
#	teeth each day, that drew down to itself what was known as the
#	`free sidereal strength of the universe.'
#	"One evening, before evening prayers, the rabbi forgot to take
#	the charm out of the Golem's mouth, and it fell into a frenzy.
#	It raged through the dark streets, smashing everything in its
#	path, until the rabbi caught up with it, removed the charm, and
#	destroyed it.  Then the Golem collapsed, lifeless.  All that was
#	left of it was a small clay image, which you can still see in
#	the Old Synagogue." ...
#	    [ The Golem, by Gustav Meyrink ]
	「ことの起こりは十七世紀にさかのぼると言われてる．カバラのいま
	では散逸してしもうた規定書に従って，ある牧師が，下男にして教会
	堂の鐘をつかせたり，いろんな雑用をさせるつもりで人造人間を----
	つまりゴーレムをだな----こしらえたと言うんだ．

	ところがまともな人間ができずに，そいつには鈍重な，半分痴呆の，
	植物みたいな生命しか宿らんかったんだな．しかもその生命も昼間だ
	けのもんで，そいつの歯のうしろに貼った護符の力で宇宙の星の，あ
	いてるエネルギーを借りてたんだそうだ．

	ある晩のこと，その牧師が夜の祈りのまえにゴーレムの口から護符を
	はずすのを忘れたら，ゴーレムのやつ急に狂暴になって，裏町の暗闇
	を狂いまわり，出くわすものを片っぱしから叩きつぶした．

	しまいに牧師が体当りをして，やっと護符をはがしたんだそうだ．

	そしたらそいつはいのちをなくしてぶっ倒れてしまい，あとに残った
	のは小人のかたちをした土くれだけだったそうだ．いまでもその土く
	れはアルトノイ教会堂に展示されてるけど」 ...
	    [ The Golem, by Gustav Meyrink ]
	    [ ゴーレム, 今村孝訳, 河出書房新社 ]
グレムリン
gremlin
#	The gremlin is a highly intelligent and completely evil
#	creature.  It lives to torment other creatures and will go
#	to great lengths to inflict pain or cause injury.
	グレムリンは高い知能をもつ，ひどく邪悪な生き物である．他の生
	き物を困らせるために生きていて，苦痛や，障害を与えようとする．
グリッドバグ
grid bug
	These electronically based creatures are not native to this
	universe.  They appear to come from a world whose laws of
	motion are radically different from ours.

	Tron looked to his mate and pilot.  "I'm going to check on
	the beam connection, Yori.  You two can keep a watch out for
	grid bugs."  Tron paced forward along the slender catwalk
	that still seemed awfully insubstantial to Flynn, though he
	knew it to be amazingly sturdy.	 He gazed after Tron, asking
	himself what in the world a grid bug was, and hoping that the
	beam connection -- to which he'd given no thought whatsoever
	until this moment -- was healthy and sound."
	    [ Tron, novel by Brian Daley, story by Steven Lisberger ]
丸薬
gunyoki
#	The samurai's last meal before battle.	It was usually made
#	up of cooked chestnuts, dried seaweed, and sake.
	侍が戦いの前に食べる究極の食事．普通，勝ち栗，コンブ，酒から
	なる．
ハチ公
hachi
#	Hachi was a dog that went with his master, a professor, to
#	the Shibuya train station every morning.  In the afternoon,
#	when his master was to return from work Hachi would be there
#	waiting.  One day his master died at the office, and did not
#	return.	 For over ten years Hachi returned to the station
#	every afternoon to wait for his master.	 When Hachi died a
#	statue was erected on the station platform in his honor.  It
#	is said to bring you luck if you touch his statue.
	ハチ公は教授である主人に仕え毎朝渋谷駅まで通っていた犬である．
	午後彼の主人が仕事から戻ってくるときには，ハチはいつも駅で
	待っていた．ある日彼の主人が仕事場で死にもう二度と戻ってこな
	くなった．しかし10年もの毎日，ハチは午後になると駅へやって来て
	彼の主人の帰りを待っていた．ハチが死んだとき，彼を讃え，駅の
	プラットホームに像が立てられた．今でも像に触ると幸せになれる
	と言われている．
アーリマンの心臓
heart of ahriman
#	The other three drew in their breath sharply, and the dark,
#	powerful man who stood at the head of the sarcophagus whispered:
#	"The Heart of Ahriman!"	 The other lifted a quick hand
#	for silence.  Somewhere a dog began howling dolefully, and a
#	stealthy step padded outside the barred and bolted door. ...
#	But none looked aside from the mummy case over which the man
#	in the ermine-trimmed robe was now moving the great flaming
#	jewel, while he muttered an incantation that was old when
#	Atlantis sank.	The glare of the gem dazzled their eyes, so
#	that they could not be sure what they saw; but with a
#	splintering crash, the carven lid of the sarcophagus burst
#	outward as if from some irresistible pressure applied from
#	within and the four men, bending eagerly forward, saw the
#	occupant -- a huddled, withered, wizened shape, with dried
#	brown limbs like dead wood showing through moldering bandages.
#	"Bring that thing back?" muttered the small dark man who
#	stood on the right, with a short, sardonic laugh.  "It is
#	ready to crumble at a touch.  We are fools ---"
	三人の仲間たちは思わず息を飲んだ．柩の前に立った黒い巨人が，
	ささやき声をあげた．「アーリマンの心臓よ！」男は片方の手で，
	仲間たちのざわめきを制した．どこからか，無気味な野犬の遠吠
	えがひびきあがり，かんぬきをうちおろした扉の外で，重々しい
	足音が聞こえた．だが，男たちの視線は木乃伊(ミイラ)の柩から
	動かなかった．テンの毛皮で縁取りされた法衣に身をつつんだ男
	は，燃えるような宝球を動かしながら，あのアトランチスよりも
	古い呪文をあいかわらず唱えつづけていた．宝石の輝きが男たち
	の瞳を眩惑させるためか，かれらは今目の当たりにしているもの
	の正体を確認することができなかった．だが次の瞬間，三人の前
	に置かれた緑色の柩が轟音とともに破られた．ちょうど，抵抗を
	許さぬほど強大な圧力が柩のなかで膨張し，彫刻をほどこした柩
	の蓋を打ち砕いたようだった．四人の男たちはいっせいに身をか
	がめて，中にはいっているものを見つめた--腐敗し，糜爛し，萎
	縮した人体が，そこに横たわっていた．朽ち果てた包帯から，埋
	れ木のようにどす黒い四肢の骨がかいまみえた．
	「生き返ったのか？」右端にたたずんでいた色の黒い小男が，毒
	を含んだ笑みを浮かべながらささやいた．「指を触れただけでも
	こなごなに崩れそうではないか．わしたちはひょっとすると，馬
	鹿を見たのかもしれんぞ--」
		[ Conan The Conqueror, by Robert E. Howard ]
		[ 征服王コナン，団征二訳，ハヤカワ文庫 ]
ヘリオス
helios
	ヘリオス．太陽の神で，ヒュペリオンの子．ローマ神話ではソルと
	呼ばれる．
ヘルハウンド*
hell hound*
#	Hell hounds are fire-breathing canines from another plane of
#	existence brought here in the service of evil beings.  A hell
#	hound resembles a large hound with rust-red or red-brown fur,
#	and red, glowing eyes.	The markings, teeth, and tongue are
#	soot black.  It stands two to three feet high at the shoulder
#	and has a distinct odour of smoke and sulphur.	The baying
#	sounds it makes have an eerie, hollow tone that sends a shiver
#	through any who hear them.
	ヘルハウンドは炎の息を吐く犬で，悪魔に仕えさせるためにこの地と
	は別の実在界から持ち込まれた．ヘルハウンドは，毛が赤錆色か赤茶
	色で，赤く燃えるような目をした大型の猟犬に似ている．体の模様も
	歯も舌もすす黒い．肩までの高さは2フィートから3フィートで，独特
	の煙と硫黄との臭気を漂わせている．その吠え声は不気味なこもった
	音で，これを聞いた者に身震いを起こさせる．
ヘルメス
hermes
#	Messenger and herald of the Olympians.	Being required to do
#	a great deal of travelling and speaking in public, he became
#	the god of eloquence, travellers, merchants, and thieves.  He
#	was one of the most energetic of the Greek gods, a
#	Machiavellian character full of trickery and sexual vigour.
#	Like other Greek gods, he is endowed with not-inconsiderable
#	sexual prowess which he directs towards countryside nymphs.
#	He is a god of boundaries, guardian of graves and patron deity
#	of shepherds.  He is usually depicted as a handsome young
#	man wearing winged golden sandals and holding a magical
#	herald's staff consisting of intertwined serpents, the
#	kerykeion.  He is reputedly the only being able to find his way
#	to the underworld ferry of Charon and back again.  He is said
#	to have invented, among other things, the lyre, Pan's Pipes,
#	numbers, the alphabet, weights and measures, and sacrificing.
	オリンポスの使者および伝令官．多くの旅行と演説を公に行うこと
	が要求されたので，彼は雄弁，旅行者，商業，盗賊の神になった．彼
	は策略だらけのマキャベリ主義の性格や性的欲情からギリシアの神々
	のなかでももっともエネルギッシュな一人である．他のギリシアの神
	々のように，彼には地方のニンフ達に向けられた数多くの性的な武勇
	がある．彼は境界の神であり，墓の番人であり，羊飼いの保護者の象
	徴である．彼は通常羽のついた金の履物を履き，ヘビがからみついた
	魔法の使者の杖を持ったりりしい若者として描かれる．彼はウワサで
	はカロンの下界への船から戻る道を見つけられる唯一の者である．彼
	は他にもリラ(古代ギリシアの竪琴)やパンのパイプ，数字，アルファ
	ベット，度量衡，いけにえの行為を発明したと言われる．
ヘズロウ
hezrou
#	"Hezrou" is the common name for the type II demon.  It is
#	among the weaker of demons, but still quite formidable.
	ヘズロウは第II種の魔神の総称である．悪魔の中では比較的弱いほ
	うであるが，それでも，十分に手ごわい．
ホビット
hobbit
#	Hobbits are an unobtrusive but very ancient people, more
#	numerous formerly than they are today; for they love peace
#	and quiet and good tilled earth:  a well-ordered and well-
#	farmed countryside was their favourite haunt.  They do not
#	and did not understand or like machines more complicated
#	than a forge-bellows, a water-mill, or a handloom, although
#	they were skillful with tools.	Even in ancient days they
#	were, as a rule, shy of "the Big Folk", as they call us, and
#	now they avoid us with dismay and are becoming hard to find.
#		[ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
	ホビット族は，きわめて表に出たがらない，さりながらはなはだ
	古い種族で，以前は人数も今日とはくらべものにならないくらい，
	実に多かった．というのも，平和と静けさとよく耕された大地を
	愛する種族だからである．整地よく，耕作よき田園こそ，かれら
	の好む棲処だった．かれらは道具の扱いがうまいくせに，今も昔
	も，炉とふいご，水車，または手織ばたの類より複雑な機械はわ
	からず，あるいは好まなかった．古代にあってすら，ホビット族
	は一般に，かれらがいうわれわれ人間族の通称「大きい人たち」
	をうとんじていたのだが，今日ではわれわれの姿を見ると怖れあ
	わてて避けるので，かれらを発見することはむずかしくなってき
	ている．		
		   [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
					      [ 評論社, 瀬田貞二訳 ]
ホブゴブリン
hobgoblin
#	Hobgoblin.  Used by the Puritans and in later times for
#	wicked goblin spirits, as in Bunyan's "Hobgoblin nor foul
#	friend", but its more correct use is for the friendly spirits
#	of the brownie type.  In "A midsummer night's dream" a
#	fairy says to Shakespeare's Puck:
#		Those that Hobgoblin call you, and sweet Puck,
#		You do their work, and they shall have good luck:
#		Are you not he?
#	and obviously Puck would not wish to be called a hobgoblin
#	if that was an ill-omened word.
#	Hobgoblins are on the whole, good-humoured and ready to be
#	helpful, but fond of practical joking, and like most of the
#	fairies rather nasty people to annoy.  Boggarts hover on the
#	verge of hobgoblindom.	Bogles are just over the edge.
#	One Hob mentioned by Henderson, was Hob Headless who haunted
#	the road between Hurworth and Neasham, but could not cross
#	the little river Kent, which flowed into the Tess.  He was
#	exorcised and laid under a large stone by the roadside for
#	ninety-nine years and a day.  If anyone was so unwary as to
#	sit on that stone, he would be unable to quit it for ever.
#	The ninety-nine years is nearly up, so trouble may soon be
#	heard of on the road between Hurworth and Neasham.
#		[ A Dictionary of Fairies, by Katharine Briggs ]
	ホブゴブリンは，清教徒たちによって，また時代が下ってからは，例
	えばジョン・バニヤンの「ホブゴブリンにも悪魔にもわたしの心はひ
	るまない」という表現が示すように，邪悪なゴブリン族の妖精を指す
	のに用いられたが，ブラウニー型の親しみやすい妖精を指すのに用い
	るのが正しい．『夏の夜の夢』では，シェイクスピアのパックに向かっ
	て妖精がこう言っている．
		「ホブゴブリン様とか，わたしのパックとか
		呼んでくれる人たちのためには，
		仕事をしてやり，幸運を授ける，
		そのパックなんでしょう，あなたは？」
	もしもホブゴブリンというのが悪い響きのある言葉ならば，パックは
	もちろんそう呼ばれるのを好むはずがない．

	概してホブゴブリンは気だてがよく，喜んで手助けをし，悪ふざけを
	するのが好きで，かつまたほとんどの妖精と同じように，機嫌を損ね
	ると危険な連中である．ボガートはホブゴブリンに属するか属さない
	かの境目にいる．ボーグルはわずかに外れる．

	ヘンダーソンによって記述されたもので，より邪悪なホブに〈首なし
	ホブ〉がいる．これはハーワースとニーサムの間の道路に出没したが，
	ティーズ川に流れこむ小さなケント川を渡ることができなかった．こ
	のホブは，魔除けの力によって道端の大きな石の下に，満99年のあい
	だ閉じこめられた．もし不注意にその石に腰を下ろした人は，永久に
	そこから離れられなくなる．その99年の期限がそろそろ明けようとし
	ているので，ハーワースとニーサム間の道路で，何か事件がもちあが
	るかもしれない．
		[ A Dictionary of Fairies, by Katharine Briggs ]
		[ 妖精事典, 平野敬一 他訳, 冨山房 ]
ホムンクルス
hom*nculus
	A homunculus is a creature summoned by a mage to perform some
	particular task.  They are particularly good at spying.	 They
	are smallish creatures, but very agile.	 They can put their
	victims to sleep with a venomous bite, but due to their size,
	the effect does not last long on humans.

	"Tothapis cut him off.	'Be still and hearken.	You will travel
	aboard the sacred wingboat.  Of it you may not have heard; but
	it will bear you thither in a night and a day and a night.
	With you will go a homunculus that can relay your words to me,
	and mine to you, across the leagues between at the speed of
	thought.'"
		[ Conan the Rebel, by Poul Anderson]
角のある悪魔
horned devil
#	Horned devils lack any real special abilities,	though	they
#	are quite difficult to kill.
	角のある悪魔には特殊な能力が全くない．しかし倒すのは非常に困
	難である．
デス
ペスティレンス
フェミン
*horsem*
death
famine
pestilence
war
hunger
#	[Pestilence:] And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as
#	it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.  And
#	I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown
#	was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
#
#	[War:] And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say,
#	Come and see.  And there went out another horse that was red: and power was
#	given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they
#	should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
#
#	[Famine:] And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say,
#	Come and see.  And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had
#	a pair of balances in his hand.	 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four
#	beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a
#	penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
#
#	[Death:] And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the
#	fourth beast say, Come and see.	 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his
#	name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.  And power was
#	given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with
#	hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
	[Pestilence]	
	子羊がその七つの封印の一つを解いた時，わたしが見ていると，四つの
	生き物の一つが，雷のような声で「きたれ」と呼ぶのを聞いた．そして
	見ていると，見よ，白い馬が出てきた．そして，それに乗っている者は，
	弓を手に持っており，また冠を与えられて，勝利の上にもなお勝利を得
	ようとして出かけた．
	[War]
	子羊が第二の封印を解いた時，第二の生き物が「きたれ」と言うのを私
	は聞いた．すると今度は赤い馬が出てきた．そして，それに乗っている
	者は，人々が互いに殺し合うようになるために，地上から平和を奪い取
	ることが許され，また，大きなつるぎを与えられた．
	[Femine]
	また第三の封印を解いた時，第三の生き物が「きたれ」と言うのを私は
	聞いた．そこで見ていると，見よ，黒い馬が出てきた．そして，それに
	乗っている者は，はかりを手に持っていた．すると，わたしは四つの生
	き物の間から出て来ると思われる声が，こう言うのを聞いた，「小麦一
	ますは一デナリ．大麦三ますも一デナリ．オリブ油とぶとう酒とを，そ
	こなうな」．
	[Death]
	子羊が第四の封印を解いた時，第四の生き物が「きたれ」と言う声をわ
	たしは聞いた．そこで見ていると，見よ，青白い馬が出てきた．そして，
	それに乗っている者の名は「死」と言い，それに黄泉が従っていた．彼
	らには，地の四分の一を支配する権威，および，つるぎと，ききんと，
	死と，地の獣らとによって人を殺す権威とが，与えられた．
#	     [ Revelations of John, 6:1-8 ]
	     [ ヨハネの黙示録，6:1-8，口語訳聖書，日本聖書協会 ] 
黄帝
huan*ti
#	The first of five mythical Chinese emperors, Huan Ti is known
#	as the yellow emperor.	He rules the _moving_ heavens, as
#	opposed to the _dark_ heavens.	He is an inventor, said to
#	have given mankind among other things, the wheel, armour, and
#	the compass.  He is the god of fortune telling and war.
	中国の伝説の五帝の一．彼は暗黒の天に対して天の動きを定めた．
	彼は発明家であり，他の者どもの中から人間に車輪と鎧と羅針盤を
	与えたと言われている．彼は占いと戦いの神でもある．
フヘトトル*
hu*h*eto*l
minion of huhetotl
#	Huehuetotl, or Huhetotl, which means Old God, was the Aztec
#	(classical Mesoamerican) god of fire.  He is generally
#	associated with paternalism and one of the group classed
#	as the Xiuhtecuhtli complex.  He is known to send his
#	minions to reek havoc upon ordinary humans.
	フェフェトトルまたはフヘトトルは「古い神」を意味しアステカ人
	(古代中米)の火の神である．彼は一般に父性やシウテクトルの複合
	体(？)に分類されるグループの一人として関連づけられている．彼
	は通常の人間をめちゃめちゃにさせるために使い魔を送ると言うこ
	とでも知られている．
	     [ after the Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan ]
ヒューマノイド
humanoid
#	Humanoids are all approximately the size of a human, and may
#	be mistaken for one at a distance.  They are usually of a
#	tribal nature, and will fiercely defend their lairs.  Usually
#	hostile, they may even band together to raid and pillage
#	human settlements.
	ヒューマノイドの大きさは人間とほとんど変らない．遠くにいると
	見間違うほどだ．彼等は自然では普通部族にわかれており，住みか
	を強烈に守ろうとする．好ましくないものには彼らは団結し襲撃し，
	人間の集落から略奪を行なう．
人間
侍者
戦士
実習生
考古学者
主席司祭
随行員
洞窟人
首領
戦士
番兵
薬師
忍者
看護婦
小姓
守護戦士
僧侶
浪人
侍
店主
ちんぴら
見張り*
魔法使い
プレイヤー
human
acolyte
apprentice
archeologist
arch priest
attendant
cave*man
chieftain
fighter
guard
healer
ninja
nurse
page
planetary fighter
*priest*
ronin
samurai
shopkeeper
student
thug
warrior
*watch*
wizard
player
#	These strange creatures live mostly on the surface of the
#	earth, gathering together in societies of various forms, but
#	occasionally a stray will descend into the depths and commit
#	mayhem among the dungeon residents who, naturally, often
#	resent the intrusion of such beasts.  They are capable of
#	using weapons and magic, and it is even rumored that the
#	Wizard of Yendor is a member of this species.
	この変った生き物たちはたいていは地表に住んでおり，様々な形態
	の社会で共同生活を営んでいる．しかし，たまに，さまよい歩く者
	が地下に潜りこんでは，当然ながらこの乱入に怒っている洞窟に住
	みついた者たちに傷害罪を犯している．こいつらは武器や魔法を扱
	えれる．イェンダーの魔法使いもこれらの仲間である，との噂であ
	る．
氷の悪魔
ice devil
#	Ice devils are large semi-insectoid creatures, who are
#	equally at home in the fires of Hell and the cold of Limbo,
#	and who can cause the traveller to feel the latter with just
#	a touch of their tail.
	氷の悪魔は，大きな昆虫に似た生物で，地獄の業火にも煉獄の極冷
	にも平気である．彼らの尾に触れるだけで旅行者は煉獄の極冷を味
	わうことになる．
インプ
imp
#	 ... imps ... little creatures of two feet high that could
#	gambol and jump prodigiously; ...
#		[ The Charwoman's Shadow, by Lord Dunsany ]
	小鬼(インプ)と言うのは二フィート足らずの小さな生きもので，飛
	んだり跳ねたりすることに秀でている．
			 [ The Charwoman's Shadow, by Lord Dunsany ]
					     [ハヤカワ文庫 荒俣宏訳]

#	An 'imp' is an off-shoot or cutting.  Thus an 'ymp tree' was
#	a grafted tree, or one grown from a cutting, not from seed.
#	'Imp' properly means a small devil, an off-shoot of Satan,
#	but the distinction between goblins or bogles and imps from
#	hell is hard to make, and many in the Celtic countries as
#	well as the English Puritans regarded all fairies as devils.
#	The fairies of tradition often hover uneasily between the
#	ghostly and the diabolic state.
#		[ A Dictionary of Fairies, by Katharine Briggs ]
	インプとは本来，横枝とか，挿し木用に切り取った枝のことであり，
	インプ・ツリー(ymp tree)とは，接ぎ木した木，あるいは実生ではな
	く挿し木から育った木を意味していた．インプは，正しくはサタンか
	ら枝分かれした小悪魔を意味するが，ゴブリンやボーグルと，地獄か
	ら来たインプとの区別はつけがたい．ケルト圏では，多くの人がイン
	グランドの清教徒同様，妖精をすべて悪魔と考えている．
	伝承世界の妖精たちは幽霊と悪魔の身分の間を，どちらともつかずさ
	まよっていることが多い．
		[ A Dictionary of Fairies, by Katharine Briggs ]
		[ 妖精事典, 平野敬一 他訳, 冨山房 ]
インキュバス
サキュバス
incubus
succubus
#	The incubus and succubus are male and female versions of the
#	same demon, one who lies with a human for its own purposes,
#	usually to the detriment of the mortals who are unwise in
#	their dealings with them.
	インキュバスとサキュバスは同じ種類の魔神で，それぞれ男性と女
	性である．それらと関係を持つ愚かな人間は大抵手痛い目に合う．
イシュタル
ishtar
#	Ishtar (the star of heaven) is the Mesopotamian goddess of
#	fertility and war.  She is usually depicted with wings and
#	weapon cases at her shoulders, carrying a ceremonial double-
#	headed mace-scimitar embellished with lion heads, frequently
#	being accompanied by a lion.  She is symbolized by an eight-
#	pointed star.
	イシュタル(天上の星)はメソポタミアの肥沃と戦いの女神である．
	彼女は普通羽を持ち，武器入れを肩にかけ，ライオンの頭の装飾
	のある儀式用の双頭の三日月刀を持っている姿と描写されている．
	彼女はまた８点星(？)の象徴でもある．
		[ Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan]
イセック
issek
#	Now Issek of the Jug, whom Fafhrd chose to serve, was once
#	of the most lowly and unsuccessful of the gods, godlets
#	rather, in Lankhmar.  He had dwelt there for about thirteen
#	years, during which time he had traveled only two squares up
#	the Street of the Gods and was now back again, ready for
#	oblivion.  He is not to be confused with Issek the Armless,
#	Issek of the Burnt Legs, Flayed Issek, or any other of the
#	numerous and colorfully mutilated divinities of that name.
#	Indeed, his unpopularity may have been due in part to the
#	fact that the manner of his death -- racking -- was not
#	deemed particularly spectacular. ... However, after Fafhrd
#	became his acolyte, things somehow began to change.
#		[ Swords In The Mist, by Fritz Leiber ]
	さて、ファファードが奉仕することを選んだ〈瓶のイセク〉は
	ランクマーに集う神々、いや、神々の卵の中でも、最も卑しく、
	芽の出ない部類に属していた。もうこの都にきて十三年になるが、
	〈神々の大路〉をわずか二丁旅しただけ、いまはふたたび後退して、
	まもなく忘れ去られようとしていた。このイセクを、〈腕のない
	イセク〉や〈焼けた足のイセク〉や〈皮を剥がれたイセク〉など、
	おなじ名を持つ、華麗な迫害を受けた数多くの神々と混同しては
	ならない。いや、事実、彼の不人気の一因は、その死にざま
	----拷問台での死----が、今一つの迫力に欠けるところに
	あったのかもしれない。 ... しかしながら、ファファードが
	彼の見習僧になってからは、多少事情が変わってきた。
		[ Swords In The Mist, by Fritz Leiber ]
		[ 霧の中の二剣士, 大谷圭二訳, 創元推理文庫 ]
izchak
#	The shopkeeper of the lighting shop in the town level of the
#	gnomish mines is a tribute to Izchak Miller, a founding member
#	of the NetHack development team and a personal friend of a large
#	number of us.  Izchak contributed greatly to the game, coding a
#	large amount of the shopkeep logic (hence the nature of the tribute)
#	as well as a good part of the alignment system, the prayer code and
#	the rewrite of "hell" in the 3.1 release.  Izchak was a professor
#	of Philosophy, who taught at many respected institutions, including
#	MIT and Stanford, and who also worked, for a period of time, at
#	Xerox PARC.  Izchak was the first "librarian" of the NetHack project,
#	and was a founding member of the DevTeam, joining in 1986 while he
#	was working at the University of Pennsylvania (hence our mailing
#	list address).	Until the 3.1.3 release, Izchak carefully kept all
#	of the code synchronized and arbitrated disputes between members of
#	the development teams.	Izchak Miller passed away at the age of 58,
#	in the early morning hours of April 1, 1994 from complications due
#	to cancer.  We dedicate NetHack 3.2 in his memory.
	ノームの炭坑の町の照明具店の店主は，NetHack開発チーム創設時からの
	メンバーで我々全ての親友である Izchak Millerに贈るものである．
	Izchakのゲームへの貢献は絶大なものであった．彼は属性システム，祈り
	のコード，3.1のリリースにあたり「地獄」の書き変えなどで貢献したのは
	もちろん，彼は大量の店のロジックをコーディングした(それ故に献辞が自
	然である)．Izchakは哲学の教授であり，多くの素晴しい大学(MITやスタン
	フォード)で教鞭をとり，一時は Xerox PARCで働いていた．Izchakは 
	NetHack	プロジェクトの最初の「司書」であり，創設時からのメンバーで
	あり，1986年に彼がペンシルバニア大学(それゆえ我々のメイリングリスト
	のアドレスがある)で働いているときに加わった． 3.1.3のリリースまで，
	Izchak は全てのコードが同じになるよう管理し，開発チームのメンバー間
	の論争の仲裁をした．が，Izchak Millerは1994年4月1日早朝，癌の合併症
	のため 58歳でこの世を去った．我々は NetHack3.2を彼へ捧げる．
			[ Mike Stephenson, for the NetHack DevTeam ]
ジャバウォック
ボーパルブレード
jabberwock
vorpal*
#	"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
#	  The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
#	Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
#	  The frumious Bandersnatch!"
#
#	He took his vorpal sword in hand;
#	  Long time the manxome foe he sought --
#	So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
#	  And stood awhile in thought.
#
#	And, as in uffish thought he stood,
#	  The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
#	Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
#	  And burbled as it came!
#
#	One, two! One, two! And through and through
#	  The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
#	He left it dead, and with its head
#	  He went galumphing back.
#				[ Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll ]
	「わが子よ，ジャバーウォックに油断するなかれ！
	  食らいつくその顎，かきむしるその爪！
	  ジャブジャブ鳥にも心許すな，
	  おどろしきバンダースナッチにはゆめ近寄るべからず！」

	けしにぐの剣，手に取りて，
	かれ，ひとごろしき敵をば求め歩くこと久しかりしが--
	タムタムの樹のかたえにて一息つき，
	しばし立ちつくして思いに沈みぬ．

	られられしき思いその胸に駆けめぐるときもとき，
	見よ，らんらんたる眼燃やしたるジャバーウォック，
	おぐらてしき森の奥より，飄飄と風切り飛びきたり，
	ぶーぶくぶくとうなやきけり．

	いち，に！いち，に！ぐっさりぐさり
	目にも止まらぬけしにぐの剣，手錬の早業！
	横たわりたる死体より刎ねたる首をば小脇にかかえ，
	たからからからと帰り来たりぬ．
				[ Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll ]
				       [ 高橋康也・沢崎純之介訳 ]
ジャッカル
jackal
#	In Asiatic folktale, jackal provides for the lion; he scares
#	up game, which the lion kills and eats, and receives what is
#	left as reward.	 In stories from northern India he is
#	sometimes termed "minister to the king," i.e. to the lion.
#	From the legend that he does not kill his own food has arisen
#	the legend of his cowardice.  Jackal's heart must never be
#	eaten, for instance, in the belief of peoples indigenous to
#	the regions where the jackal abounds. ... In Hausa Negro
#	folktale Jackal plays the role of sagacious judge and is
#	called "O Learned One of the Forest."  The Bushmen say that
#	Jackal goes around behaving the way he does "because he is
#	Jackal".
	アジアの民話では，ジャッカルはライオンの世話をします．ジャッカ
	ルはライオンが殺して食べている獲物をかきあつめ，残したものを褒
	美として受けとるのです．北インドの話では，ジャッカルはときどき
	「王(すなわちライオン)の使い」と呼ばれています．伝説によると，
	ジャッカルは決して自分で獲物を殺しません．これは彼の卑怯な伝説
	から来ています．ジャッカルの心臓は，たとえばジャッカルが沢山い
	るところの土着の人々の信仰では絶対喰われることはありません．
	...
	ハウサ・ネグロの民話ではジャッカルは利口な判事の役を演じ，「森の
	博学者」などと呼ばれます．ブッシュマンはジャッカルは「ジャッカル
	であるがゆえ」のようなふるまいのようなやりかたでふらふらしている
	と言います．
		[ Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore ]
ジャガー
jaguar
#	Large, flesh-eating animal of the cat family, of Central and
#	South America.	This feline predator (_Panthera onca_) is
#	sometimes incorrectly called a panther.
	大型の猫の仲間の肉食動物．中央および南アフリカに住む．この猫科の
	食肉動物(学名:Pantehra onca)はときどき間違ってヒョウと呼ばれる．
	 [ Van Dale's Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal ]
ジョウビレックス
juiblex
jubilex
#	Little is known about the Faceless Lord, even the correct
#	spelling of his name.  He does not have a physical form as
#	we know it, and those who have peered into his realm claim
#	he is a slime-like creature who swallows other creatures
#	alive, spits acidic secretions, and causes disease in his
#	victims which can be almost instantly fatal.
	無貌の王については，その名前の正確な綴りすらほとんど分かって
	いない．知られているように，物理的な形態がなく，そのあたりを
	じっと観察したものの報告によると，スライム様の生物である．他
	の生物を生きたまま飲み込み，腐食性の分泌液を放出する．これを
	浴びた犠牲者は病気になり，即死してしまうこともある．
兜
kabuto
#	The kabuto is the helmet worn by the samurai.  It was
#	characterized by a prominent beaked front which jutted out over
#	the brow to protect the wearer's face; a feature that gives
#	rise to their modern Japanese name of 'shokaku tsuki kabuto'
#	(battering-ram helmet).	 Their main constructional element
#	was an oval plate, the shokaku bo, slightly domed for the
#	head with a narrow prolongation in front that curved forwards
#	and downwards where it developed a pronounced central
#	fold.  Two horizontal strips encircling the head were riveted
#	to this frontal strip:	the lower one, the koshimaki (hip
#	wrap), formed the lower edge of the helmet bowl; the other,
#	the do maki (body wrap), was set at about the level of the
#	temples.  Filling the gaps between these strips and the shokaku
#	bo were small plates, sometimes triangular but more commonly
#	rectangular in shape.  Because the front projected so
#	far from the head, the triangular gap beneath was filled by
#	a small plate, the shoshaku tei ita, whose rear edge bent
#	downwards into a flange that rested against the forehead.
	兜はサムライが身に付けるヘルメットであり，装着者の顔面を保護す
	るため，顔を覆うように突き出た前端部に特徴があり，これから近代
	日本では「衝角（鍬形）付き兜」と呼ばれている．兜を構成する主な
	部品は，長円形の鉄板，衝角棒，頭部に合わせた半球形の鉢である．
	この鉢には，声を前面に集中させる機能を持つよう，下前方に曲げら
	れた延長部（鉢付）が取り付けられている．頭部を囲むように作られ
	た2つの板が，この鉢付に鋲で止められている．下方は「腰巻」と呼
	ばれ鉢の下方の縁を構成し，もう一方は「胴巻」と呼ばれてこめかみ
	辺りに置かれる．これらの板と衝角棒の間の隙間には，時には三角形
	であるが普通は四角形の小さな板が詰められている．頭部から前方に
	突き出てた形状のため，三角形のギャップは「衝角底板」と呼ばれる
	小さな板で埋められている．「衝角底板」の後縁は前頭部に載せられ
	た縁に向かい下向きに曲げられている．
	   [ Arms & Armour of the Samurai, by Bottomley & Hopson ]
刀
katana
#	The katana is a long, single-edged samurai sword with a
#	slightly curved blade.	Its long handle is designed to allow
#	it to be wielded with either one or two hands.
	刀は，長くて片刃の刀身が軽くそりかえった侍の剣である．その長
	い柄は，片手でも両手でも刀を振り回せるようにできている．
麒麟
ki-rin
#	The ki-rin is a strange-looking flying creature.  It has
#	scales, a mane like a lion, a tail, hooves, and a horn.	 It
#	is brightly colored, and can usually be found flying in the
#	sky looking for good deeds to reward.
	麒麟は奇妙な空飛ぶ動物である．鱗，ライオンのようなたてがみ，
	尻尾，ひずめ，つのをもつ．明い色をしており，しばしば報いるた
	めの良い行いを探し空を飛んでいるのを目撃される．
アーサー王
king arthur
*arthur
	Ector took both his sons to the church before which the
	anvil had been placed.	There, standing before the anvil, he
	commanded Kay:	"Put the sword back into the steel if you
	really think the throne is yours!"  But the sword glanced
	off the steel.	"Now it is your turn", Ector said facing
	Arthur.
	The young man lifted the sword and thrust with both arms; the
	blade whizzed through the air with a flash and drilled the
	metal as if it were mere butter.  Ector and Kay dropped to
	their knees before Arthur.
	"Why, father and brother, do you bow before me?", Arthur asked
	with wonder in his voice.
	"Because now I know for sure that you are the king, not only
	by birth but also by law", Ector said.	"You are no son of
	mine nor are you Kay's brother.	 Immediately after your birth,
	Merlin the Wise brought you to me to be raised safely.	And
	though it was me that named you Arthur when you were baptized,
	you are really the son of brave king Uther Pendragon and queen
	Igraine..."
	And after these words, the lord rose and went to see the arch-
	bishop to impart to him what had passed.
	   [ Van Gouden Tijden Zingen de Harpen, by Vladimir Hulpach,
		Emanuel Frynta, and Vackav Cibula ]
騎士
knight
#	Here lies the noble fearless knight,
#	Whose valour rose to such a height;
#	When Death at last had struck him down,
#	His was the victory and renown.
#	He reck'd the world of little prize,
#	And was a bugbear in men's eyes;
#	But had the fortune in his age
#	To live a fool and die a sage.
#		[ Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miquel de
#		  Cervantes Saavedra ]
	勇ましの郷士ここにぞ眠る、
	きわまれるそれが勇気は
	死の神も君が生命を
	死をもってかち得ざりしと、
	世の人は語り伝えぬ。
	ありし日は世界を蔑(なみ)し、
	世をあげて君をおそれて
	ひたぶるに怖気(おぞけ)ふるいぬ。
	かくしては幸(さち)を得たりき。
	狂人とし世を送りしが
	正気に復してみまかれり。
		[ Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miquel de
		  Cervantes Saavedra ]
		[ ドン・キホーテ, 会田由訳, 晶文社 ]
*コボルド*
~kobold ??m*
*kobold*
#	The race of kobolds are reputed to be an artificial creation
#	of a master wizard (demi-god?).	 They are about 3' tall with
#	a vaguely dog-like face.  They bear a violent dislike of the
#	Elven race, and will go out of their way to cause trouble
#	for Elves at any time.
	コボルド一族は(半ば神と化した？)偉大な魔法使いによる人工生命
	体であるとの云われている．コボルドの身長は3フィート程で，感情のはっ
	きりしない犬のような顔をしている．エルフを非常に嫌っており，
	どんなときでもエルフに騒動を起こすためには我を忘れる．
警備員
巡査
巡査部長
警部補
*kop*
#	The typical policeman of 1920's movies, the Keystone Kop was
#	modeled like the English "bobby", with a long brass-buttoned
#	overcoat, carrying long nightsticks that he (more often than
#	not) whapped himself with, rather than anyone else.  The
#	Keystone Kops were very slapstick-like, relying on speed and
#	numbers to achieve their comedy, rather than sophisticated
#	wit.
	1920年代の映画の典型的な警察官．Keystone Kopは
	長い真鍮のボタンのついたオーバーコートを着，長い警棒，(たいて
	い他人より自分自身を叩くケースが多い)を持ちあるくイギリスの
	「bobby(巡査)」をモデル化したものである．Keystone Kopはどたば
	た芝居で，スピードとコメディを詰め込んだもので，むしろ洗練され
	たユーモア劇である．
コス
kos
#	"I am not a coward!" he cried.	"I'll dare Thieves' House
#	and fetch you Krovas' head and toss it with blood a-drip at
#	Vlana's feet.  I swear that, witness me, Kos the god of
#	dooms, by the brown bones of Nalgron my father and by his
#	sword Graywand here at my side!"
	「おれは腰抜けではない! 〈盗賊の館〉に堂々と乗りこんで、
	クローヴァスの首級をあげ、血のぽたぽた垂れるやつを
	ヴラナの足もとへほうり出してみせる! 運命の神コスも照覧あれ、
	わが父ナルグロンの茶色の骨と、この腰に帯びた父の剣
	〈灰色杖〉にかけて、それを誓う!」
	   [ Swords and Deviltry, by Fritz Leiber ]
	   [ 魔の都の二剣士, 大谷圭二訳, 創元推理文庫 ]
琴
koto
#	A Japanese harp.
	日本のハープ．
クラーケン
kraken
#	Out from the water a long sinuous tentacle had crawled; it
#	was pale-green and luminous and wet.  Its fingered end had
#	hold of Frodo's foot, and was dragging him into the water.
#	Sam on his knees was now slashing at it with a knife.  The
#	arm let go of Frodo, and Sam pulled him away, crying out
#	for help.  Twenty other arms came rippling out.	 The dark
#	water boiled, and there was a hideous stench.
	水の中から一本のくねくねした長い触手がはい出ていました．そ
	れはうすい緑色の発光体で，濡れていました．その指のついた先
	端がフロドの足をつかんで，水の中に引き入れようとしていたの
	です．サムは両膝をつき，短剣でその手に切りつけました．
	腕はフロドを放しました．サムは助けを呼びながら，フロドを引
	っ張ってそこを離れました．別に二十本ばかりの腕が小波をたて
	て現われました．暗い水面が騒ぎ，恐しい悪臭がしました．
	   [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
				      [ 評論社, 瀬田貞二訳 ]
レディ
オフラー
女神
*lady
offler
#	    Blind Io took up the dice-box, which was a skull whose various orifices had
#	been stoppered with rubies, and with several of his eyes on the Lady he rolled
#	three fives.  She smiled.  This was the nature of the Lady's eyes:  they were
#	bright green, lacking iris or pupil, and they glowed from within.
#	    The room was silent as she scrabbled in her box of pieces and, from the
#	very bottom, produced a couple that she set down on the board with two de-
#	cisive clicks.	The rest of the players, as one God, craned forward to peer at
#	them.
#	    "A wenegade wiffard and fome fort of clerk," said Offler the Crocodile
#	God, hindered as usual by his tusks.  "Well, weally!"  With one claw he pushed
#	a pile of bone-white tokens into the centre of the table.
#	    The Lady nodded slightly.  She picked up the dice-cup and held it as
#	steady as a rock, yet all the Gods could hear the three cubes rattling about
#	inside.	 And then she sent them bouncing across the table.
#	    A six.  A three.  A five.
#	    Something was happening to the five, however.  Battered by the chance col-
#	lision of several billion molecules, the die flipped onto a point, spun gently
#	and came down a seven.	Blind Io picked up the cube and counted the sides.
#	    "Come _on_," he said wearily, "Play fair."
	イオはさいころ箱を取り上げた．それは頭蓋骨でできており，あちこ
	ちの穴がルビーでふさいである．イオはいくつかの目玉を＜女神＞に
	向けて，五を三つ振り出した．＜女神＞は微笑んだ．＜女神＞の目は
	こんなふうだ−−色は明るい緑，瞳孔はなく，内側から輝いている．

	部屋中が静まり返る中，彼女は駒を入れた箱を探り，その底から二つ
	の駒を取り出すと，決然とした表情で，かちっかちっと音をさせて盤
	の上に置いた．．他のプレーヤーは，一斉に首を伸ばしてのぞき込ん
	だ．

	「うらりり者のまひゅつ師に，何かの事務員らな」＜鰐の神＞オフラー
	の言葉は，例によって牙のせいで聞き取りにくい．「おらまあ」かれ
	はかぎ爪のついた足で，象牙色のチップを一山，テーブルの
	まん中に押しやった．

	＜女神＞は，かすかにうなずいた．彼女はさいころ箱を取り上げると，
	岩でも持つかのようにしっかともった．にもかかわらず，どの神々に
	も，三つのさいころが箱の中で，からからと転がる音が聞こえた．そ
	して彼女はさいころをテーブルの上に転がした．

	六，三，五．

	だが，何かが五の目に起こりつつあった．何十億という分子の偶然の
	衝突にさらされて，さいころはくいっと角で立ち上がり，おもむろに
	回転すると七の目を見せた．“盲目のイオ”はさいころを手にとって，
	面の数を数えた．「頼むよ」かれはうんざりしたような声を出した．
	「フェア・プレイで行こう」

		[ The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett]
		[ ディスクワールド騒動記，安田均訳，角川文庫 ]
レムレース
lemure
#	The lowliest of the inhabitants of hell.
	地獄の最下級の住人．
レオクロッタ
leocrotta
leu*otta
#	... the leucrocotta, a wild beast of extraordinary swiftness,
#	the size of the wild ass, with the legs of a Stag, the neck,
#	tail, and breast of a lion, the head of a badger, a cloven
#	hoof, the mouth slit up as far as the ears, and one continuous
#	bone instead of teeth; it is said, too, that this animal can
#	imitate the human voice.
	レオクロッタ，とてつもなく素早い野性の獣，野性のロバくらいの
	大きさ，雄鹿の足，首，尻尾，ライオンの胸，穴熊の頭，2つに割れ
	た蹄，耳のように切りさかれてる口，歯の変りに一枚の骨．この動
	物は人間の声をまねるとも言われている．
		[ Curious Creatures in Zoology, by John Ashton ]
レプレコーン
leprechaun
#	The Irish Leprechaun is the Faeries' shoemaker and is known
#	under various names in different parts of Ireland:
#	Cluricaune in Cork, Lurican in Kerry, Lurikeen in Kildare
#	and Lurigadaun in Tipperary.  Although he works for the
#	Faeries, the Leprechaun is not of the same species.  He is
#	small, has dark skin and wears strange clothes.	 His nature
#	has something of the manic-depressive about it:	 first he
#	is quite happy, whistling merrily as he nails a sole on to a
#	shoe; a few minutes later, he is sullen and morose, drunk
#	on his home-made heather ale.  The Leprechaun's two great
#	loves are tobacco and whiskey, and he is a first-rate con-man,
#	impossible to out-fox.	No one, no matter how clever, has ever
#	managed to cheat him out of his hidden pot of gold or his
#	magic shilling.	 At the last minute he always thinks of some
#	way to divert his captor's attention and vanishes in the
#	twinkling of an eye.
	アイルランドのレプレコーンは妖精の靴の仕立屋であり，アイルラン
	ドの色々な場所によって色々な名前で知られている．コーク地方では
	クルリカーン，ケリー地方ではルリカン，キルダーではルリキーン，
	ティパラリーではリガダーンである．彼らは妖精のために仕事をす
	るが，レプレコーンは同じ種族のものではない．それは小さく，黒
	い皮膚を持ち，奇妙な服を着ていてる．レプレコーンは次のように
	躁鬱的である．最初にとても幸せになり，片方の靴底を釘付けする
	かのように陽気に口笛を吹く．数分後，陰鬱かつ不機嫌になり，自
	家製のヒースのエールで酔いつぶれる．レプレコーンは二つのもの
	を愛する．煙草とウィスキーだ．そしてレプレコーンはすばらしい
	信用のあるやつで，相手を裏切ることのないやつだ．どうでもいい
	ことだが，どんなに利口なやつでも隠された金や魔法シリングのつ
	まったポットを騙しとったのはいない．最後には，彼を掴まえるも
	のの注意をそらす方法について考え，目もまばたかせ消えるのであ
	る．
		[ A Field Guide to the Little People
			       by Nancy Arrowsmith & George Moorse ]
*リッチ
*lich
#	Once in a great while, an evil master wizard or priest will
#	manage through use of great magics to extend his or her life
#	far beyond the normal span of a human.	The usual effect of
#	this is to transform the human, over time, into an undead of
#	great magical power.  A Lich hates life in any form; even a
#	touch from one of these creatures will cause a numbing cold
#	in the victim.	They all possess the capability to use magic.
	何百年かに一度，邪悪な魔法を極めたものや僧侶が，その人生を普
	通の人間の一生をはるかに越えるようにしようと偉大な魔法の使用
	を使用することがある．この魔法の普通の効果は時間をかけ，人間
	を偉大な魔法のパワーをもつアンデッドに変化させる．リッチはあ
	らゆる形での生命を忌み嫌う．これらの生き物に触られたりするだ
	けで，犠牲者は冷たくなり痺れてしまう．彼らはまた魔法をも使う
	ことができる．
*い光
~* of light
* light
#	Strange creatures formed from energy rather than matter,
#	lights are given to self-destructive behavior when battling
#	foes.
	物体というよりはエネルギーからなる奇妙な生物で，敵に対しては
	自虐的な爆発を与える．
ヤモリ
イグアナ
トカゲ
gecko
iguana
lizard
#	Lizards, snakes and the burrowing amphisbaenids make up the
#	order Squamata, meaning the scaly ones.	 The elongate, slim,
#	long-tailed bodies of lizards have become modified to enable
#	them to live in a wide range of habitats.  Lizards can be
#	expert burrowers, runners, swimmers and climbers, and a few
#	can manage crude, short-distance gliding on rib-supported
#	"wings".  Most are carnivores, feeding on invertebrate and
#	small vertebrate prey, but others feed on vegetation.
	トカゲ，蛇，穴みみずトカゲは「鱗のある」を意味する鱗目を形成
	する．トカゲのすらっとした，スリムな，長い尻尾の体は広範囲の
	生息地での生活を可能とするように変化してきた．トカゲは穴掘り，
	ランニング，水泳，壁上りの名人で，あるものは肋骨にくっつ
	いた粗末な短距離滑空用の「羽」をうまく使うことができる．たい
	ていは肉食で，無脊椎動物や小さな脊椎動物をえさとして食べる．
	しかし，植物を食べるものもいる．
		[ Macmillan Illustrated Animal Encyclopedia ]
ロキ
loki
#	Loki, or Lopt, is described in Snorri's _Edda_ as being
#	"pleasing and handsome in appearance, evil in character, and
#	very capricious in behaviour".	He is the son of the giant
#	Farbauti and of Laufey.
#	Loki is the Norse god of cunning, evil, thieves, and fire.
#	He hated the other gods and wanted to ruin them and overthrow
#	the universe.  He committed many murders.  As a thief, he
#	stole Freyja's necklace, Thor's belt and gauntlets of power,
#	and the apples of youth.  Able to shapechange at will, he is
#	said to have impersonated at various times a mare, flea, fly,
#	falcon, seal, and an old crone.	 As a mare he gave birth to
#	Odin's horse Sleipnir.	He also allegedly sired the serpent
#	Midgard, the mistress of the netherworld, Hel, and the wolf
#	Fenrir, who will devour the sun at Ragnarok.
	ロキまたはロプトはスノリのエッダでは次のように記述されている．
	「見た感じは人に好かれ，りりしいが，性格は悪で，ふるまいは
	気まぐれである」．彼は巨人ファルバウティとラウフェイの息子で
	ある．
	ロキは北欧の悪知恵，悪，盗賊および火の神である．彼は他の神々
	を憎み，彼らの破滅と世界の転覆を望んでいる．彼は多く殺人を犯
	した．盗賊として，彼はフレイのネックレスを，トールのベルトと
	力の小手を，若さの林檎を盗んだ．うまく変化をできるので，彼は
	雌馬，ノミ，蝿，ハヤブサ，アザラシ，しわくちゃ婆など色々なも
	のになりすましたと言われている．雌馬になったとき彼はオーディ
	ンの馬スレイプニルを産んだ．彼は伝えられるところでは，ヘビの
	ミドガルド，冥界の女王，ヘル，ラグナロクに太陽をむさぼり食う
	フェンリル狼を生ませた．
# long worm -- see "worm"
ケナーヴェン卿
lord carnarvon
	Lord Carnarvon was a personality who could have been produced
	nowhere but in England, a mixture of sportsman and collector,
	gentleman and world traveler, a realist in action and a
	romantic in feeling.  ...  In 1903 he went for the first time
	to Egypt in search of a mild climate and while there visited
	the excavation sites of several archaeological expeditions.
	...  In 1906 he began his own excavations.
		[ Gods, Graves, and Scholars, by C. W. Ceram ]
大名佐藤
lord sato
#	Lord Sato was the family head of the Taro Clan, and a mighty
#	daimyo.	 He is a loyal servant of the Emperor, and will do
#	everything in his power to further the imperial cause.
	大名佐藤は太郎一族の当主で強力な大名である．彼は皇帝の忠臣で
	あり帝国のためにその力を全て発揮している．
スルト*
サーター*
lord surt*
#	Yet first was the world in the southern region, which was
#	named Muspell; it is light and hot; that region is glowing
#	and burning, and impassable to such as are outlanders and
#	have not their holdings there.	He who sits there at the
#	land's-end, to defend the land, is called Surtr; he brandishes
#	a flaming sword, and at the end of the world he shall go forth
#	and harry, and overcome all the gods, and burn all the
#	world with fire.
	だが，いちばん初めには，南の方に，ムスペルという世界があったの
	だ．それは明るく，熱く，その辺りは焔をあげて燃え上り，異国の者
	で，そこに生れたのでない者は，近づけなかった．そこの国境警備の
	任についている者はスルトと呼ばれている．彼は手に燃えさかる剣を
	もち，世界の終りにやってきて，荒しまわり，神々を一人残らず討ち
	平らげ，全世界を火で焼きつくすだろう．
			[ The Prose Edda, by Snorri Sturluson ]
			[ エッダ，谷口幸男訳，新潮社]
ルーフ
lug*
#	Lugh, or Lug, was the sun god of the Irish Celts.  One of his
#	weapons was a rod-sling which worshippers sometimes saw in
#	the sky as a rainbow.  As a tribal god, he was particularly
#	skilled in the use of his massive, invincible spear, which
#	fought on its own accord.  One of his epithets is _lamfhada_
#	(of the long arm).  He was a young and apparently more
#	attractive deity than Dagda, the father of the gods.  Being
#	able to shapeshift, his name translates as lynx.
	ルーフまたはルーグはアイルランドのケルト人の太陽の神であった．
	彼の武器の1つにロッドスリングがあり，礼拝者がときどき虹として
	空に見た．種族の神として，彼は実際，彼の重厚な無敵のひとりでに
	戦う槍の扱いにたけていた．彼の名の1つに「(長武器の)ラムフハダ」
	と言うのがある．彼は若く，明らかに神々の父ダグダよりも魅力的で
	あった．姿形を変えることができ，彼の名前はオオヤマネコに変換
	されている．
ラーカー
lurker*
#	These dungeon scavengers are very adept at blending into the
#	surrounding walls and ceilings of the dungeon due to the
#	stone-like coloring of their skin.
	この洞窟の掃除屋は周囲の洞窟内の壁や天井に溶け込むのを極めて得
	意としている．それは彼らが岩に似た色の皮膚を有しているからであ
	る．
ライカンスロープ
ジャッカル人間
狼人間
ねずみ人間
ジャッカル男
狼男
ねずみ男
ジャッカル女
狼女
ねずみ女
lycanthrope
*were*
	In 1573, the Parliament of Dole published a decree, permitting
	the inhabitants of the Franche-Comte to pursue and kill a
	were-wolf or loup-garou, which infested that province,
	"notwithstanding the existing laws concerning the chase."
	The people were empowered to "assemble with javelins,
	halberds, pikes, arquebuses and clubs, to hunt and pursue the
	said were-wolf in all places where they could find it, and to
	take, burn, and kill it, without incurring any fine or other
	penalty."  The hunt seems to have been successful, if we may
	judge from the fact that the same tribunal in the following
	year condemned to be burned a man named Giles Garnier, who
	ran on all fours in the forest and fields and devoured little
	children, "even on Friday."  The poor lycanthrope, it appears,
	had as slight respect for ecclesiastical feasts as the French
	pig, which was not restrained by any feeling of piety from
	eating infants on a fast day.
		[ The History of Vampires, by Dudley Wright ]
マーリンの魔法の鏡
magic mirror of merlin
#	This powerful mirror was created by Merlin, the druid, in ages
#	past, when trees sang and rocks danced.	 It protects all who
#	carry it from magic missiles, and gives them ESP.
	この強大な鏡は，木々が歌い岩が踊っていた時代にドルイド僧，マー
	リンによって作られたものである．それはその所有者全てをマジック
	ミサイルから護り，遠視能力を与える．
メ*ルデーモン
mail d*emon
#	It is rumoured that these strange creatures can be harmed by
#	domesticated canines only.
	この奇妙な生物は飼い犬によってのみ傷つけることができると噂さ
	れている．
マナンナン*マクリール
ma*annan*
#	Normally called Manannan, Ler's son was the patron of
#	merchants and sailors.	Manannan had a sword which never
#	failed to slay, a boat which propelled itself wherever its
#	owner wished, a horse which was swifter than the wind, and
#	magic armour which no sword could pierce.  He later became
#	god of the sea, beneath which he lived in Tir na nOc, the
#	underworld.
	通常はマナナンと呼ばれる．ラーの息子で商業と水兵の神．マナ
	ナンは決っして殺害に失敗しない剣，その持ち主が望むところに
	推進する船，風より疾い馬，どんな剣でも貫通できない魔法の鎧
	を持っている．彼はのちに彼が住んでいたティル・ナ・ノークの
	下方にある海の神および地下の神となった．
亡霊
manes
#	The gnats of the dungeon, these swarming monsters are rarely
#	seen alone.
	迷宮のブヨ．この群らがる怪物は単独で現われるのは稀である．
マードク
marduk
	First insisting on recognition as supreme commander, Marduk
	defeated the Dragon, cut her body in two, and from it created
	heaven and earth, peopling the world with human beings who not
	unnaturally showed intense gratitude for their lives.  The
	gods were also properly grateful, invested him with many
	titles, and eventually permitted themselves to be embodied in
	him, so that he became supreme god, plotting the whole course
	of known life from the paths of the planets to the daily
	events in the lives of men.
		[ The Immortals, by Derek and Julia Parker ]
マリリス
marilith
#	The marilith has a torso shaped like that of a human female,
#	and the lower body of a great snake.  It has multiple arms,
#	and can freely attack with all of them.	 Since it is
#	intelligent enough to use weapons, this means it can cause
#	great damage.
	マリリスの上半身は人間の女性で，下半身はと大蛇である．複数の
	腕を自由にあやつり攻撃をしかけてくる．武器を扱えるだけの知能
	もあるので，マリリスは非常に危険な存在である．
暗殺者の頭領
master assassin
#	He strolled down the stairs, followed by a number of assassins.
#	When he was directly in front of Ymor he said: "I've come for
#	the tourist." ...
#	"One step more and you'll leave here with fewer eyeballs than
#	you came with," said the thiefmaster.  "So sit down and have
#	a drink, Zlorf, and let's talk about this sensibly.  _I_
#	thought we had an agreement.  You don't rob -- I don't kill.
#	Not for payment, that is," he added after a pause.
#	Zlorf took the proffered beer.
#	"So?" he said.	"I'll kill him.	 Then you rob him.  Is he that
#	funny looking one over there?"
#	"Yes."
#	Zlorf stared at Twoflower, who grinned at him.	He shrugged.
#	He seldom wasted time wondering why people wanted other people
#	dead.  It was just a living.
#	"Who is your client, may I ask?" said Ymor.
#	Zlorf held up a hand.  "Please!" he protested.	"Professional
#	etiquette."
	ツローフは何人かの暗殺者を引き連れて，階段を降りてきた．イモー
	の真ん前に来ると口を開く．「旅行者を頂きに来た」
	．．．．．
	「一歩でも動けば，入ってきたときより目玉を減らして帰ることにな
	るぞ」盗賊の頭は言った．「だから，座っていっぱいやりな，ツロー
	フ，それからゆっくり話し合おうじゃないか．確かお互いに協定を結
	んだと思っていたんだがな−−おまえたちは盗まない，俺たちは殺さ
	ない」そして間を置いて付け加えた，「報酬のためにはな」

	ツローフは差し出されたビールを飲んだ．

	「それで？」と暗殺者．「俺が殺す，それからあんたが盗めばいい．
	あそこの妙な格好をした奴がそうか？」

	「そうだ」

	ツローフはツーフラワーを見すえた．ツーフラワーはにやっと笑いか
	えした．ツローフは肩をすくめた．かれはなぜ，人々が他人にしんで
	もらいたがるのか，わざわざ考えて時間を無駄にすることは滅多にな
	かった．生計の糧というのに過ぎない．「依頼人は誰か，教えてくれ
	ないか？」とイモー．

	ツローフは片手を上げた．「おいおい！」と抗議する．「職務上のエ
	チケットだぞ」

		[ The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett ]
		[ ディスクワールド騒動記，安田均訳，角川文庫 ]
盗賊のマスターキー
master key of thievery
#	This skeleton key was fashioned in ages past and imbued with
#	a powerful magic which allows it to open any lock.  When
#	carried, it grants its owner warning, teleport control, and
#	reduces all physical damage by half.  Finally, when invoked,
#	it has the ability to disarm any trap.
	この万能鍵は大昔に作られ，どんな鍵でも開けてしまう強力な魔力が
	吹き込まれている．持っているだけで，持ち主に警告を与え，瞬間
	移動を制御し，物理ダメージを半減させる．その力を使うとどんな
	罠でも解除する能力が得られる．
盗賊の頭領
master of thieves
#	There was a flutter of wings at the window.  Ymor shifted his
#	bulk out of the chair and crossed the room, coming back with
#	a large raven.	After he'd unfastened the message capsule from
#	its leg it flew up to join its fellows lurking among the
#	rafters.  Withel regarded it without love.  Ymor's ravens were
#	notoriously loyal to their master, to the extent that Withel's
#	one attempt to promote himself to the rank of greatest thief
#	in Ankh-Morpork had cost their master's right hand man his
#	left eye.  But not his life, however.  Ymor never grudged a
#	man his ambitions.
	窓の外で羽ばたきが聞こえた．イモーは椅子から巨体を起こすと部屋
	を横切り，一羽の大烏を連れて戻ってきた．脚の通信間をはずしても
	らうと，そいつは飛び上がって，垂木のすき間にひそむ同類たちの仲
	間入りをした．ワイゼルは憎しみのこもった目でそいつを眺めた．イ
	モーの大烏は，主人への忠誠に関しては悪名が高い．イモーの右腕た
	るワイゼルが一度，アンク=モルポークで一番手の盗賊になろうと試
	みたときには，左目を失うはめになったほどだ．だが，命まで取られ
	たわけじゃない．イモーは男が大志を持ったからといって，決して妬
	んだりはしないのだ．

		[ The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett ]
		[ ディスクワールド騒動記，安田均訳，角川文庫 ]
メヂューサ
medusa
#	Medusa, one of the three Gorgons or Graeae, is the only one
#	of her sisters to have assumed mortal form and inhabited the
#	dungeon world.

	ゴルゴンの三姉妹のうち，メデューサのみが人間の姿を装いダンジョ
	ンの世界に住んでいる

#	When Perseus was grown up Polydectes sent him to attempt the
#	conquest of Medusa, a terrible monster who had laid waste the
#	country.  She was once a beautiful maiden whose hair was her
#	chief glory, but as she dared to vie in beauty with Minerva,
#	the goddess deprived her of her charms and changed her
#	beautiful ringlets into hissing serpents.  She became a cruel
#	monster of so frightful an aspect that no living thing could
#	behold her without being turned into stone.  All around the
#	cavern where she dwelt might be seen the stony figures of men
#	and animals which had chanced to catch a glimpse of her and
#	had been petrified with the sight.  Perseus, favoured by
#	Minerva and Mercury, the former of whom lent him her shield
#	and the latter his winged shoes, approached Medusa while she
#	slept and taking care not to look directly at her, but guided
#	by her image reflected in the bright shield which he bore, he
#	cut off her head and gave it to Minerva, who fixed it in the
#	middle of her Aegis.
	ペルセウスがいっぱし成人いたしますと，ポリュデクテスは，メド
	ゥサといってその国を荒らしていた恐しい怪物退治に彼をやりまし
	た．メドゥサはもとは美しい乙女でありました．ことに髪の毛を何
	よりの誇りにして，アテナとその美しさを争うようなことをしたた
	めに女神からすべての美を奪われて，美しい巻毛はことごとくひし
	めく蛇と変えられたのでありました．彼女はとうとう残酷な怪物と
	なってしまいました．そうしてその顔つきがあまり恐しいものです
	から，誰でも人目見たものはみんな石になりました．メドゥサの住
	んでいる洞窟の周囲には，人間や動物の形をした石がたくさんあり
	ますが，これはどうかした機械に彼女を一目見て，見るとともに石
	化してしまったのであります．さてペルセウスはアテナとヘルメス
	に可愛いがられていたので，アテナは彼女の盾を貸してくれるし，
	ヘルメスはまた翼のついた靴を貸してくれました．それ故ペルセウ
	スはメドゥサが眠っているあいだに，その姿をまともに見ないよう
	に気をつけながら手に持った盾の中に映っているアテナの像に守護
	せられて，メドゥサに近よりました．そうして首を切り落してそれ
	をアテナにあたえますと，アテナは自分の盾のまん中にメドゥサの
	首をつけました．
		[ Bulfinch's Mythology, by Thomas Bulfinch ]
		[ ギリシア・ローマ神話， 野上弥生子訳，岩波文庫 ]
*ミミック
*mimic
#	The ancestors of the modern day chameleon, these creatures can
#	assume the form of anything in their surroundings.  They may
#	assume the shape of objects or dungeon features.  Unlike the
#	chameleon though, which assumes the shape of another creature
#	and goes in hunt of food, the mimic waits patiently for its
#	meals to come in search of it.
	現代のカメレオンの祖先であり，この生き物はその周囲にあるものの
	何にでも化ける事ができる．それは物体や洞窟の要素にも化ける事が
	できる．しかしながらカメレオンが他の生き物に化けて，狩りに出る
	のに対し，ミミックはそれを求めて食料がやって来るのを忍耐強く待っ
	ている．
マインドフレア
mind flayer
#	This creature has a humanoid body, tentacles around its
#	covered mouth, and three long fingers on each hand.  Mind
#	flayers are telepathic, and love to devour intelligent beings,
#	especially humans.  If they hit their victim with a tentacle,
#	the mind flayer will slowly drain it of all intelligence,
#	eventually killing its victim.
	この生き物は人間の体を持つが，口は触手に覆われ，両手には三本の
	指を持つ．マインドフレアはテレパシーをもっており，知恵のある生
	き物，とりわけ人間を溺愛している．触手で攻撃されようものなら，
	マインドフレアはゆっくりと全ての知恵を吸いとり，やがて犠牲者は
	死んでしまうだろう．
ミノタウロス
minotaur
#	The Minotaur was a monster, half bull, half human, the
#	offspring of Minos' wife Pasiphae and a wonderfully beautiful
#	bull. ...  When the Minotaur was born Minos did not kill him.
#	He had Daedalus, a great architect and inventor, construct a
#	place of confinement for him from which escape was impossible.
#	Daedalus built the Labyrinth, famous throughout the world.
#	Once inside, one would go endlessly along its twisting paths
#	without ever finding the exit.
	ミノタウロスは半牛半人の怪物である，ミノスの妻パシパエとすば
	らしく美しい牡牛の間の子である．
	．．．
	ミノタウロスが産まれたときミノスはミノタウロスを殺さなかった．
	偉大な建築家で発明家であるダイダロスが逃がれることが不可能で
	ある監禁場所を彼のために作った．ダイダロスはかの有名な迷宮を
	つくった．一度入るとよじれた道を出口を見つけることはできず，
	永遠に歩きつづけなければらなかった．
		[ Mythology, by Edith Hamilton ]
ミトラ
mit*ra*
#	Originating in India (Mitra), Mithra is a god of light who
#	was translated into the attendant of the god Ahura Mazda in
#	the light religion of Persia; from this he was adopted as
#	the Roman deity Mithras.  He is not generally regarded as a
#	sky god but a personification of the fertilizing power of
#	warm, light air.  According to the _Avesta_, he possesses
#	10,000 eyes and ears and rides in a chariot drawn by white
#	horses.	 Mithra, according to Zarathustra, is concerned with
#	the endless battle between light and dark forces:  he
#	represents truth.  He is responsible for the keeping of oaths
#	and contracts.	He is attributed with the creation of both
#	plants and animals.  His chief adversary is Ahriman, the
#	power of darkness.
	インドに由来する．ミトラは光の神であり，ペルシャの光の信仰であ
	るアフラマズダ神の付き人に翻訳された．このことからローマの神ミ
	トラスとして取り入れられている．彼は一般に空の神だけでなく，温
	暖な気候やそよ風の力で田畑を肥やの力化身ともみなされる．「アヴ
	ェスタ」によると彼は10000の目と耳をもち，白馬に引かれる馬車に
	乗っている．ミトラはゾロアスタ教によると，光と闇に力の終りなき
	戦いに関係がある．宣誓と誓約を保存する責任者であり，彼は植物や
	動物の創造者である．彼に敵対するものの長は暗黒の力であるアーリ
	マンである．
		[ The Encyclopaedia of Myths and Legends of All
			Nations, by Herbert Spencer Robinson and
			Knox Wilson ]
*ミスリル*
*mithril*
#	_Mithril_!  All folk desired it.  It could be beaten like
#	copper, and polished like glass; and the Dwarves could make
#	of it a metal, light and yet harder than tempered steel.
#	Its beauty was like to that of common silver, but the beauty
#	of _mithril_ did not tarnish or grow dim.
#		[ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
	ミスリル！すべての民がこれを欲しがった．これは銅のように打ち
	延ばすことができた．またガラスのように磨くことができた．ドワ
	ーフたちはこれを軽くしてしかも鍛えた鋼よりも堅い金属に作り上
	げることができた．その美しさはふつうの銀のそれに似ておるが，
	ミスリルの方はくろずむこともなく，曇ることもなかった．
		   [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
					      [ 評論社, 瀬田貞二訳 ]
聖なる冠
mitre of holiness
#	This helm of brilliance performs all of the normal functions
#	of a helm of brilliance, but also has the ability to protect
#	anyone who carries it from fire.  When invoked, it boosts
#	the energy of the invoker, allowing them to cast more spells.
	この知性の兜は，通常の知性の兜のすべての効果を発揮し，なおかつ
	炎によるすべての攻撃から身を守る能力を有する．特別な力を使えば，
	使用者の魔力を増幅し，より多くの呪文を唱えることができるように
	なる．
ミュルニール
mjollnir
#	Forged by the dwarves Eitri and Brokk, in response to Loki's
#	challenge, Mjollnir is an indestructible war hammer.  It has
#	two magical properties:	 when thrown it always returned to
#	Thor's hand; and it could be made to shrink in size until it
#	could fit inside Thor's shirt.	Its only flaw is that it has
#	a short handle.	 The other gods judged Mjollnir the winner of
#	the contest because, of all the treasures created, it alone had
#	the power to protect them from the giants.  As the legends
#	surrounding Mjollnir grew, it began to take on the quality of
#	"vigja", or consecration.  Thor used it to consecrate births,
#	weddings, and even to raise his goats from the dead.  In the
#	Norse mythologies Mjollnir is considered to represent Thor's
#	governance over the entire cycle of life - fertility, birth,
#	destruction, and resurrection.
	ロキの挑戦に対するためドワーフのエイトリとブロックに鍛えられた
	ミュルニールは不滅のウォーハンマーである．ミュルニールは２つの
	魔力をもつ．それを投げると常にトールの手に戻ってくること，そし
	てトールのシャツの中におさまるまで小さくなることができることで
	ある．他の神々はミュルニールこそ闘争の勝者であると判決を下した．
	なぜなら，作られた全ての宝物のなかで，それだけが巨人達から神々
	を守る力も持っていたからである．伝説によれば，ミュルニールの
	成長に囲まれて，神格化の質を帯びはじめるとされる．トールは誕生，
	結婚，死から彼のヤギが復活するときにさえ浄めるためにミュルニー
	ルを使用した．北欧神話では，ミュルニールはトールの人生のサイク
	ルすなわち，受精，誕生，破滅，復活の統治力として表わされている．
*モールド
カビ
~slime mold
*mold
#	Mold, multicellular organism of the division Fungi, typified
#	by plant bodies composed of a network of cottony filaments.
#	The colors of molds are due to spores borne on the filaments.
#	Most molds are saprophytes.  Some species (e.g., penicillium)
#	are used in making cheese and antibiotics.
	モールド，カビ，糸状菌．菌類に属する多細胞有機体，綿のような単
	繊維組織網で構成された植物の体の典型．モールドの特色は単繊維で
	の胞子の発芽に帰する．ほとんどのモールドは死体寄生である．ある
	特定の種は(例えばペニシリン，青カビ)はチーズや抗生物質を作るの
	に使われる．
		[ The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia ]
モーロック
モレク
mol?ch
#	And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
#	Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever
#	he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that
#	sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech;
#	he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall
#	stone him with stones.
#	And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off
#	from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto
#	Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
#	And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes
#	from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill
#	him not:
#	Then I will set my face against that man, and against his
#	family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after
#	him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
	主はまたモーセに言われた．「イスラエルの人々に言いなさい，『イ
	スラエルの人々のうち，またイスラエルのうちに寄留する他国人のう
	ち，だれでもその子供をモレクにささげる者は，必ず殺されなければ
	ならない．わたしは顔をその人に向け，彼を民のうちから断つであろ
	う．彼がその子供をモレクにささげてわたしの聖所を汚し，またわた
	しの聖なる名を汚したからである．その人が子供をモレクにささげる
	とき，国の民がもしことさらに，この事に目をおおい，これを殺さな
	いならば，わたし自身，顔をその人とその家族とに向け，彼および彼
	に見ならってモレクを慕い，これと姦淫する者を，すべて民のうちか
	断つであろう．
#		[ Leviticus 20:1-5 ]
		[ レビ記 20:1-5，口語訳聖書，日本聖書協会 ]
ムーマク
mumak*
#	... the Mumak of Harad was indeed a beast of vast bulk, and
#	the like of him does not walk now in Middle-Earth; his kin
#	that live still in latter days are but memories of his girth
#	and majesty.  On he came, ... his great legs like trees,
#	enormous sail-like ears spread out, long snout upraised like
#	a huge serpent about to strike, his small red eyes raging.
#	His upturned hornlike tusks ... dripped with blood.
#		[ The Two Towers, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
	ハラドのムーマクは事実途方もなく大きな図体をした獣でした．か
	れと同じものは今ではもう中つ国を歩いてはいません．この末の世
	にまだ生きているその同類の中に，わずかながらありし昔のかれの
	胴まわりと堂々たる姿の記憶が留められているに過ぎません．かれ
	はやって来ました．．．その足ときたら大木のよう，とてつもなく
	大きな耳は帆のように広がり，長い鼻は今にも打ってかかろうとす
	る大蛇のように持ち上がっていました．小さな赤い目は怒り狂って
	います．角のような形は．．．ぽとぽと血を滴らせていました．
			       [ The Two Towers, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
					      [ 評論社, 瀬田貞二訳 ]
*ミイラ
*mummy
	But for an account of the manner in which the body was
	bandaged, and a list of the unguents and other materials
	employed in the process, and the words of power which were
	spoken as each bandage was laid in its place, we must have
	recourse to a very interesting papyrus which has been edited
	and translated by M. Maspero under the title of Le Rituel de
	l'Embaumement. ...
	Everything that could be done to preserve the body was now
	done, and every member of it was, by means of the words of
	power which changed perishable substances into imperishable,
	protected to all eternity; when the final covering of purple
	or white linen had been fastened upon it, the body was ready
	for the tomb.
		[ Egyptian Magic, by E.A. Wallis Budge ]
ミイラの包帯
mummy wrapping
#	He held a white cloth -- it was a serviette he had brought
#	with him -- over the lower part of his face, so that his
#	mouth and jaws were completely hidden, and that was the
#	reason for his muffled voice.  But it was not that which
#	startled Mrs. Hall.  It was the fact that all his forehead
#	above his blue glasses was covered by a white bandage, and
#	that another covered his ears, leaving not a scrap of his
#	face exposed excepting only his pink, peaked nose.  It was
#	bright, pink, and shiny just as it had been at first.  He
#	wore a dark-brown velvet jacket with a high, black, linen-
#	lined collar turned up about his neck.	The thick black
#	hair, escaping as it could below and between the cross
#	bandages, project in curious tails and horns, giving him
#	the strangest appearance conceivable.
#		[ The Invisible Man, by H.G. Wells ]
	彼は白い布---これは自分で持ってきたナプキンだった---で顔の下半
	分を隠しており，口と顎がすっかり覆われているのだから声がくぐも
	るのも当然だった．しかしホール夫人をびっくりさせたのはこんなこ
	とではなかった．彼の青い色眼鏡の上の額は包帯で巻かれ，耳まで別
	の包帯で覆われているので，顔の中で出ているところといえばピンク
	色のとがった鼻だけだった．それはやや光沢のあるピンク色だった．
	着ているのは茶褐色のビロードのジャケットで，高い黒い色のリンネ
	ルで縁どりした襟を立て，首を隠していた．そして十文字にかけた包
	帯の下や隙間からふさふさした黒髪が奇妙な尾か角のようにとびだし
	ていて，何とも奇怪な姿であった．
		[ The Invisible Man, by H.G. Wells ]
		[ 透明人間，岩波文庫，橋本槇矩 ]
*ナーガ
*ナーガの雛
*naga*
*naja*
#	The naga is a mystical creature with the body of a snake and
#	the head of a man or woman.  They will fiercely protect the
#	territory they consider their own.  Some nagas can be forced
#	to serve as guardians by a spellcaster of great power.
	ナーガは蛇の体に男や女の顔を持つ神秘的な生き物である．彼らは
	自分のテリトリーと考えるところを死守する．ある種のナーガは偉
	大な力の魔法使いによって無理矢理番兵のように仕えさせることが
	できる．
なぎなた
薙刀
naginata
#	A Japanese pole-arm, fitted with a curved single-edged blade.
#	The blades ranged in length from two to four feet, mounted on
#	shafts about four to five feet long.  The naginata were cut
#	with a series of short grooves near to the tang, above which
#	the back edge was thinned, but not sharpened, so that the
#	greater part of the blade was a flattened diamond shape in
#	section.  Seen in profile, the curve is slight or non-
#	existent near the tang, becoming more pronounced towards the
#	point.
	反りかえった単刃のとりつけられた日本の長刀．刃の長さは2フィート
	から4フィートで，4フィートから5フィートの長さの柄につけられて
	いる．なぎなたはなかご(刀身の柄に入った部分)のそばの樋の部分で
	みねの部分が薄くなっているところの上部で切る．しかしそこは鋭利
	ではない．この刀の全体の断面は上部を平にした菱形になっている．
	隣隔が見えるよう，反りは柄の近くでは少ししかないかもしくは全く
	なく，先端がよりはっきりするようになっている．
#	"With his naginata he killed five, but with the sixth it
#	snapped asunder in the midst and, flinging it away, he drew
#	his sword, wielding it in the zigzag style, the interlacing,
#	cross, reversed dragonfly, waterwheel, and eight-sides-at-
#	once styles of fencing and cutting down eight men; but as he
#	brought down the ninth with a mighty blow on the helmet, the
#	blade snapped at the hilt."
	長刀にて，向ふ敵五人薙ぎふせ，六人に當る敵に逢うて，長刀中より
	うち折つて捨ててげり．その後太刀を拔いて戰うに，敵は多勢なり，
	蜘蛛手・かく繩・十文字・蜻蛉返り・水車，八方すかさず切つたり
	けり．向ふ敵八人切りふせ，九人に當る敵が甲の鉢に，餘りに強う
	打ち當てて，目貫の元よりちやうと折れ，くつと拔けて，河へざつ
	ぶとぞ入りにける．
		[Story of Tsutsui no Jomio Meishu from Tales of Heike]
		[ 筒井浄妙明秀，平家物語 ]
ナルフェシニ
nalfeshnee
#	Not only do these demons do physical damage with their claws
#	and bite, but they are capable of using magic as well.
	この魔神たちには爪や牙による物理的な攻撃だけでなく，魔法による
	攻撃の能力もある．
ナルゾク
nalzok
#	Nalzok is Moloch's cunning and unfailingly loyal battle
#	lieutenant, to whom he trusts the command of warfare when he
#	does not wish to exercise it himself.  Nalzok is a major
#	demon, known to command the undead.  He is hungry for power,
#	and secretly covets Moloch's position.	Moloch doesn't trust
#	him, but, trusting his own power enough, chooses to allow
#	Nalzok his position because he is useful.
	ナルゾクは，モーロック自身が戦闘に加わりたくない時に戦闘の指揮
	を任せるほどの，狡猾で信頼のおけるモーロックの忠実な戦闘副官で
	ある．ナルゾクは上位の悪魔であり，アンデッドを指揮することで知
	られている．彼は権力に飢えており，密かにモーロックの地位を欲し
	ている．モーロックは彼を信用していないが，自分自身の能力には自
	身があるので，彼が有用であるが故にナルゾクに現在の地位を許すこ
	とにしている．
ネアンデルタール*
neanderthal*
#	1.  Valley between Duesseldorf and Elberfeld in Germany,
#	where an ancient skull of a prehistoric ancestor to modern
#	man was found.	2.  Human(oid) of the race mentioned above.
	1．有史以前の現代人の先祖である太古の頭蓋骨が発見された，ドイツ
	のデュエッセルドルフとエルバフェルドに狭まれた谷．2. 上記に関連
	する人種．
イモリ
newt
#	(kinds of) small animal, like a lizard, which spends most of
#	its time in the water.
	トカゲに似た小さい動物(の種)．水中で大部分を過す．
		[ Oxford's Student's Dictionary of Current English ]

#	"Fillet of a fenny snake,
#	In the cauldron boil and bake;
#	Eye of newt and toe of frog,
#	Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
#	Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
#	Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,
#	For a charm of powerful trouble,
#	Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."
	田沼の蛇のヒレ肉も，
	煮えたり，焼けたり，釜の中．
	蛙の指に，蠑〓(虫へんに原)(いもり)の目，
	蝙蝠の毛に犬の舌，
	蝮蛇(まむし)の叉舌，盲蛇(むし)の針，
	蜥蜴(とかげ)の足に，角鴟(ずく)の羽，
	ひどい難儀のまじないに，
	地獄の吸物みたいに煮えろ．
	骨折苦労を倍にして，
	釜も沸き立て，火も燃えろ．
		[ Macbeth, by William Shakespeare ]
		[ マクベス，野上豊一郎訳，岩波文庫 ]
忍者刀
ninja-to
#	A Japanese broadsword.
	日本の幅広の剣．
ノルン
*norn
#	The Norns were the three Norse Fates, or the goddesses of fate.
#	Female giants, they brought the wonderful Golden Age to an end.
#	They cast lots over the cradle of every child that was born,
#	and placed gifts in the cradle.	 Their names were Urda,
#	Verdandi, and Skuld, representing the past, the present, and
#	the future.  Urda and Verdandi were kindly disposed, but Skuld
#	was cruel and savage.  Their tasks were to sew the web of
#	fate, to water the sacred ash, Yggdrasil, and to keep it in
#	good condition by placing fresh earth around it daily.	In her
#	fury, Skuld often spoiled the work of her sisters by tearing
#	the web to shreds.
	ノルンは北欧の三人の運命の女神である．女性の巨人で彼女らは素晴
	しい黄金時代を終末へと導く．彼女らは全て生まれた子供のゆりかご
	に糸を垂らし贈り物を置く．彼女らの名前はウルダ，ヴェルダンディ，
	スクルドであり，過去，現在，未来を現わす．ウルダとヴェルダンデ
	ィは温厚だが，スクルドは冷酷で残忍である．彼女らの仕事は運命の
	糸をつむぎ，聖なるトネリコの木ユグドラシルに水をやり，常にその
	まわりの大地を浄めておくことである．スクルドがが激怒すると，彼
	女はしばしば緩徐の姉達のつぐんだ糸をずたずたにし仕事を大なしに
	する．
		[ The Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends of All
			Nations by Herbert Spencer Robinson and Knox
			Wilson ]
ヌンチャク
nunchaku
#	A Japanese flail.
	日本のフレイル．
*ニンフ
*nymph
#	A female creature from Roman and Greek mythology, the nymph
#	occupied rivers, forests, ponds, etc.  A nymph's beauty is
#	beyond words:  an ever-young woman with sleek figure and
#	long, thick hair, radiant skin and perfect teeth, full lips
#	and gentle eyes.  A nymph's scent is delightful, and her
#	long robe glows, hemmed with golden threads and embroidered
#	with rainbow hues of unearthly magnificence.  A nymph's
#	demeanour is graceful and charming, her mind quick and witty.
	ローマ神話やギリシャ神話に登場する女性型の生き物であるニンフは，
	川や森や池などに住んでいました．ニンフの美しさは言葉にできない
	くらいです: 永遠の若さを保つこの乙女は，スマートな容姿と長くて
	たっぷりとした髪，まばゆいほどの肌と完壁な歯，あざやかな唇と優
	しい目をしています．ニンフはとてもよい香りがし，彼女の長いロー
	ブは，金糸のふちどりとこの世のものとは思われない壮麗な虹色の刺
	繍によって輝いています．ニンフの振舞いは優雅で魅力的であり，そ
	の頭脳は鋭く機知に富んでいます．

	"Theseus felt her voice pulling him down into fathoms of
	sleep.	The song was the skeleton of his dream, and the dream
	was full of terror.  Demon girls were after him, and a bull-
	man was goring him.  Everywhere there was blood.  There was
	pain.  There was fear.	But his head was in the nymph's lap
	and her musk was about him, her voice weaving the dream.  He
	knew then that she had been sent to tell him of something
	dreadful that was to happen to him later.  Her song was a
	warning.  But she had brought him a new kind of joy, one that
	made him see everything differently.  The boy, who was to
	become a hero, suddenly knew then what most heroes learn
	later -- and some too late -- that joy blots suffering and
	that the road to nymphs is beset by monsters."
	    [ The Minotaur by Bernard Evslin ]
オーディン
odin
#	Also called Sigtyr (god of Victory), Val-father (father of
#	the slain), One-Eyed, Hanga-god (god of the hanged), Farma-
#	god (god of cargoes), Hapta-god (god of prisoners), and
#	Othin.	He is the prime god of the Norsemen:  god of war and
#	victory, wisdom and prophecy, poetry, the dead, air and wind,
#	hospitality, and magic.
#	As the god of war and victory, Odin is ruler of the Valkyries,
#	warrior-maidens who lived in the halls of Valhalla in Asgard,
#	the hall of dead heroes where he held his court.
#	These chosen ones will defend the realm of the gods against
#	the Frost Giants on the final day of reckoning, Ragnarok.
#	As god of the wind, Odin rides through the air on his eight-
#	footed horse, Sleipnir, wielding Gungner, his spear, normally
#	accompanied by his ravens, Hugin and Munin, who he would also
#	use as his spies.
#	As a god of hospitality, he enjoys visiting the earth in
#	disguise to see how people were behaving and to see how they
#	would treat him, not knowing who he was.
#	Odin is usually represented as a one-eyed wise old man with a
#	long white beard and a wide-brimmed hat (he gave one of his
#	eyes to Mimir, the guardian of the well of wisdom in Hel, in
#	exchange for a draught of knowledge).
	シグチュール(勝利の神)，ワルファザー(スレインの父)，片目，
	ハンガ神(首切りの神)，ファルマ神(積荷の神)，ハプタ神(囚人の神)
	オージンとも呼ばれる．彼は北欧の最高神で，戦い，勝利，智恵，
	予言，詩，死，空気，風，歓迎，魔法の神である．
	戦いと勝利の神として，オーディンは彼が手中にした戦士した英雄達
	の宮殿であるアースガルドのヴァルハラ宮殿に住む女性の戦士ワルキ
	ューレを指揮する．
	彼女らは神の領域を最後の審判日ラグナロクにおいて氷の巨人から守
	備する者を選ぶ．
	風の神として，オーディンは8本足の馬，スレイプニルに乗り，彼の槍
	であるグングニルを装備し天空を駆ける．通常はヒュギンとムニンと
	言うワタリガラスも同行し，彼はそれらを偵察にも用いる．
	歓迎の神として，人々のふるまいがどうであるか，あるいはオーディン
	をどのように扱っているかなど彼が知りえないことを見るために，変装
	して，地上を訪ずれるのを楽しむ．
	オーディンは通常片目の長い白髭と大きなつばのある帽子の歳老いた賢
	者として描かれる(彼が片方の目をヘルの智恵の泉の番人であるミミル
	に泉の一飲みとの交換のため与えたからである)
オーガ*
ogre*
#	Anyone who has met a gluttonous, nude, angry ogre, will not
#	easily forget this encounter -- if he survives it at all.
#	Both male and female ogres can easily grow as tall as three
#	metres.	 Build and facial expressions would remind one of a
#	Neanderthal.  Its small, pointy, keen teeth are striking.
#	Since ogres avoid direct sunlight, their ragged, unfurry
#	skin is as white as a sheet.  They enjoy coating their body
#	with lard and usually wear nothing but a loin-cloth.  An elf
#	would smell its rancid stench at ten metres distance.
#	Ogres are solitary creatures:  very rarely one may encounter
#	a female with two or three young.  They are the only real
#	carnivores among the humanoids, and its favourite meal is --
#	not surprisingly -- human flesh.  They sometimes ally with
#	orcs or goblins, but only when they anticipate a good meaty
#	meal.
	この喰い意地の張った，裸の，怒っているオーガに会ったものはそ
	れを簡単に忘れること--生き延びていればだが--ができません．雌
	雄問わずオーガは３ｍくらいまで軽く成長します．体格や顔の表情
	はネアンデルタール人を思い浮べさせられます．その小さな点のよ
	うな鋭い歯で噛みつくのです．オーガは太陽の光を直接浴びること
	を嫌うので，そいつらのぼろぼろのぶかっこうな皮膚はシャツのよ
	うに白いのです．そいつらは体にラードを塗ったくるのが大好きで，
	たいていは腰巻き以外のものは身につけません．エルフはそのバタ
	ーが腐ったような悪臭を１０ｍ先からかぎわけます．
	オーガは孤独を好む生物です．ごくまれに二三人の若者をつれてい
	る雌に会うことがあります．彼らはヒューマノイドの中で唯一肉食
	です．そして好みの食事は--そんなに驚くことではないが--人間の
	肉です．よい肉が得られそうだと予想されるときのみですが，彼ら
	はときどきオークやゴブリンとつるみます．
		[ het Boek van de Regels; Het Oog des Meesters ]
オログ*ハイ
olog-hai
#	But at the end of the Third Age a troll-race not before seen
#	appeared in southern Mirkwood and in the mountain borders of
#	Mordor.	 Olog-hai they were called in the Black Speech.	 That
#	Sauron bred them none doubted, though from what stock was not
#	known.	Some held that they were not Trolls but giant Orcs;
#	but the Olog-hai were in fashion of body and mind quite unlike
#	even the largest of Orc-kind, whom they far surpassed in size
#	and power.  Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will
#	of their master:  a fell race, strong, agile, fierce and
#	cunning, but harder than stone.	 Unlike the older race of the
#	Twilight they could endure the Sun....	They spoke little,
#	and the only tongue they knew was the Black Speech of Barad-dur.
	しかし，第3期の終わり頃には，今まで知られていなかったト
	ロル族が南MirkWoodとモルドールの境界になる山々に現れまし
	た．  
	彼らは暗黒の言葉でオログ-ハイと呼ばれました．
	サウロンは彼等がどこからきたのか知らないまま，彼等を忠実
	な下僕に育てました． 
	彼等はトロルではなく，大きなオークだと考える者もいました．
	しかし，体も力も強い最も大きなオークと比べても，オログ-
	ハイは体も心も全くといっていいほど似ていませんでした．
	トロル族は彼らの主人の邪悪な意思でいっぱいでした．堕ちた種
	族で，強大ですばしこく，凶暴でずるく，石より固いのでした．  
	古い黄昏の種族と異なり，彼等は太陽の光を耐えること
	ができました． 
	彼等はほとんど言葉を話しませんが，知っている言葉はバラド-
	デュアの暗黒の言葉だけでした． 
		[ The Return of the King, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
*ウーズ
*プリン
*ooze
*pudding
#	These giant amoeboid creatures look like nothing more than
#	puddles of slime, but they both live and move, feeding on
#	metal or wood as well as the occasional dungeon explorer to
#	supplement their diet.
	この巨大なアメーバのような生き物は，粘液の水たまりにしか見え
	ないが，金属や木，加えて即席の洞窟探検者などを食べて生きてい
	る．
賢者
オラクル
デルファイ
oracle
delphi
p*thia
#	Delphi under towering Parnassus, where Apollo's oracle was,
#	plays an important part in mythology.  Castalia was its
#	sacred spring; Cephissus its river.  It was held to be the
#	center of the world, so many pilgrims came to it, from
#	foreign countries as well as Greece.  No other shrine rivaled
#	it.  The answers to the questions asked by the anxious
#	seekers for Truth were delivered by a priestess who went into
#	a trance before she spoke.
	アポロンの神託所のあるパルナッソスの高くそびえる山の斜面にある
	デルファイは神話で重要な部分を演じています．カスタリアはその聖
	なる泉で，セフィサスはその川です．それは世界の中心にささえられ
	ており，沢山の巡礼者がギリシアはもちろん外国からもそこにやって
	来ました．他の聖堂とはくらべものになりません．真実を切望する探
	究者により質問された疑問に対する答えはトランス状態にある尼僧の
	言葉により伝わります．
		[ Mythology, by Edith Hamilton ]
探索のオーブ
orb of detection
#	This Orb is a crystal ball of exceptional powers.  When
#	carried, it grants ESP, limits damage done by spells, and
#	protects the carrier from magic missiles.  When invoked it
#	allows the carrier to become invisible.
	このオーブは並はずれた力をもつ水晶玉である．持つだけで，遠視
	能力が得られ，魔法のダメージを制限し，持つ主を魔法の矢から守る．
	能力を使うと持ち主を透明にすることができる．
運命のオーブ
orb of fate
#	Some say that Odin himself created this ancient crystal ball,
#	although others argue that Loki created it and forged Odin's
#	signature on the bottom.  In any case, it is a powerful
#	artifact.  Anyone who carries it is granted the gift of
#	warning, and damage, both spell and physical, is partially
#	absorbed by the orb itself.  When invoked it has the power
#	to teleport the invoker between levels.
	あるものはオーディン自身がこの古代の水晶玉を作ったと言うし，他
	の者はロキが作り，オーディンのサインを真似，底に記したのだとも
	言われている．どちらにしろ，これは強力な聖器である．持つだけで
	警告の力を得，物理および魔法のダメージをオーブ自身が部分的に吸
	いとってくれる．能力を使うと，使った者を他の階へ瞬間移動させる
	力を持つ．
ゴブリンの王
かみつき丸
オークリスト
goblin king
orcrist
#	The Great Goblin gave a truly awful howl of rage when he
#	looked at it, and all his soldiers gnashed their teeth,
#	clashed their shields, and stamped.  They knew the sword at
#	once.  It had killed hundreds of goblins in its time, when
#	the fair elves of Gondolin hunted them in the hills or did
#	battle before their walls.  They had called it Orcrist,
#	Goblin-cleaver, but the goblins called it simply Biter.
#	They hated it and hated worse any one that carried it.
#		[ The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
	大ゴブリンは，これを見ると，しんからおそれにうたれた，いかり
	のうめき声をあげ，いならぶ兵士たちもにな，歯をくいしばり，た
	てをうち，足をふみならしました．ゴブリンたちは，すぐさまその
	剣を見わけたのです．それは，ゴンドリンのよいエルフたちが山の
	なかでゴブリンたちを追ったり，その町のかこみの前で戦いをした
	むかし，何百何千のたくさんのゴブリンを殺した名剣です．エルフ
	たちは，剣をオルクリスト，つまりゴブリン退治とよんでいました
	が，ゴブリンたちはこれをただ「かみつき丸」とよびました．そし
	てこの剣をにくみ，この剣を持った者をにくみました．
				   [ The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
			  [ホビットの冒険，岩波少年文庫，瀬田貞二訳]
オーケス
orcus
#	Orcus, Prince of the Undead, has a ram's head and a poison
#	stinger.  He is most feared, though, for his powerful magic
#	abilities.  His wand causes death to those he chooses.
	死霊の皇子であるオーケスには羊の頭と毒針がある．しかしながら，
	恐ろしいのは何よりその強力な魔力である．その杖は狙いをはずさ
	ず，死をもたらす．
~*ゾンビ
~*ミイラ
オーク*
*オーク
ウルク*ハイ
~orc ??m*
orc*
* orc
uruk*hai
#	Orcs, bipeds with a humanoid appearance, are related to the
#	goblins, but much bigger and more dangerous.  The average orc
#	is only moderately intelligent, has broad, muscled shoulders,
#	a short neck, a sloping forehead and a thick, dark fur.
#	Their lower eye-teeth are pointing forward, like a boar's.
#	Female orcs are more lightly built and bare-chested.  Not
#	needing any clothing, they do like to dress in variegated
#	apparels.  Suspicious by nature, orcs live in tribes or
#	hordes.	 They tend to live underground as well as above
#	ground (but they dislike sunlight).  Orcs can use all weapons,
#	tools and armours that are used by men.	 Since they don't have
#	the talent to fashion these themselves, they are constantly
#	hunting for them.  There is nothing a horde of orcs cannot
#	use.
	オークは見たところ二足動物でゴブリンの親戚です．しかし，ゴブリ
	ンよりももっと大きくもっと危険です．平均的なオークは並の知力で，
	広く筋肉質な肩，首，でっぱった額を持ち，厚く黒い毛が生えていま
	す．そのしかめっつらの糸切り歯はまるでイノシシのように前を向い
	ています．服には無頓着なので，そいつらは雑色の服を着るのを好み
	ます．本来疑い深い性格で，オークは種族や群で生活しています．そ
	いつらは地下に住みたがる傾向がありますが，もちろん地表にも住み
	たがります(しかし太陽光線を好みません)．オークは全ての武器，道
	具，鎧を人間が使うように使うことができます．彼らにはものを自分
	たちでこしらえる能力なんてないので，彼らはしょっちゅうそれらを
	得るために狩りをします．ものを使えないオークの群と言うのはあり
	えません．
		[ het Boek van de Regels; Het Oog des Meesters ]
おさく
osaku
#	The osaku is a small tool for picking locks.
	おさくは開錠のための小さな道具である．
アウル*ベア
owlbear
#	Owlbears are probably the crossbreed creation of a demented
#	wizard; given the lethal nature of this creation, it is quite
#	likely the wizard who created them is no longer alive.	As
#	the name might already suggest, owlbears are a cross between
#	a giant owl and a bear.	 They are covered with fur and
#	feathers.
	アウルベアはおそらく狂った魔法使いの異種交配によって作られた
	生物であり，この製造過程で致命的な本性を与えられ，アウルベ
	アを作った魔法使いはもう生きていないというのはありそうなこ
	とである．名前に見ればわかると思うが，アウルべアは巨大なアウル
	(ふくろう)とベア(熊)を交配させたものである．毛皮と羽に覆われ
	ている．
パランティアの石
palantir of westernesse
#	The elves of long ago created this powerful crystal ball.
#	When carried, it grants ESP, regeneration, and reduces all
#	damage caused by spells to one-half of what it would have
#	normally been.	When invoked, it tames creatures in its
#	vicinity.
	大昔にエルフ達が作った強力な水晶玉．持ちあるくだけで，遠視，
	回復，全ての魔法のダメージを半分にする力を得る．能力を使うと
	近くの生物を手なずけることができる．
*喰い
*piercer
#	Ye Piercer doth look like unto a stalactyte, and hangeth
#	from the roofs of caves and caverns.  Unto the height of a
#	man, and thicker than a man's thigh do they grow, and in
#	groups do they hang.  If a creature doth pass beneath them,
#	they will by its heat and noise perceive it, and fall upon
#	it to kill and devour it, though in any other way they move
#	but exceeding slow.
	穴喰いは鍾乳石のように見えん．洞窟やほら穴の天井にぶらさがら
	ん．この種のものは，人間の高さほどの，人間のももより厚く，成
	長せん，生き物が下方に通りぬけるとき，熱と音により，知覚でき
	よう，殺すために落ち，むさぼり喰うために落ちよう．他の手段に
	て移動せしときそれらの動きは極めて遅いであろう．
					[ the Bestiary of Xygag ]
穴の悪霊
pit fiend
#	Pit fiends are among the more powerful of devils, capable of
#	attacking twice with weapons as well as grabbing and crushing
#	the life out of those unwary enough to enter their
#	domains.
	穴の悪霊は，悪魔の中でも強力で，武器で２度攻撃でき，なわばり
	に入り込む不注意な者の命をつかみだし，握りつぶしてしまう．
プラチナイェンダー印エクスプレスカード
platinum yendorian express card
#	This is an ancient artifact made of an unknown material.  It
#	is rectangular in shape, very thin, and inscribed with
#	unreadable ancient runes.  When carried, it grants the one
#	who carries it ESP, and reduces all physical damage done to
#	the carrier by half.  It also protects from magic missile
#	attacks.  Finally, its power is such that when invoked, it
#	can charge other objects.
	謎の物質で作られた古代の聖器．長方形の形状を持ち，とても薄く，
	古代ルーン文字で解読不能な文字が刻まれている．持ち歩くものに
	ESPの能力を与え，全ての物理ダメージを半分にしてくれる．また，
	魔法の矢の攻撃からも身を守ってくれる．その魔力を使うと，他の
	物体を充填することができる．
ポセイドン
poseido*n
#	Poseido(o)n, lord of the seas and father of rivers and
#	fountains, was the son of Chronos and Rhea, brother of Zeus,
#	Hades, Hera, Hestia and Demeter.  His rank of ruler of the
#	waves he received by lot at the Council Meeting of the Gods,
#	at which Zeus took the upper world for himself and gave
#	dominion over the lower world to Hades.
#	Poseidon is associated in many ways with horses and thus is
#	the god of horses.  He taught men how to ride and manage the
#	animal he invented and is looked upon as the originator and
#	guardian deity of horse races.
#	His symbol is the familiar trident or three-pronged spear
#	with which he can split rocks, cause or quell storms, and
#	shake the earth, a power which makes him the god of
#	earthquakes as well.  Physically, he is shown as a strong and
#	powerful ruler, every inch a king.
	ポセイドン，海の王にして，川や泉の父，クロノスとレイアの息子
	で，ゼウス，ハデス，ヘラ，ヘスティア，デメテルの弟．ゼウスが彼
	自身で天上の世界を受けとりハデスに地下の支配権を与えた神々の協
	議会のくじで波の支配の階級を受けとった．
	ポセイドンはいろいろなところで馬に関連づけられており，それゆえ
	馬達の神である．彼は人間に馬の乗り方や彼が創作した動物の御しか
	たを教えた．彼は創始者として見られており，馬の種の守護神である．
	彼の象徴は岩をも割り，嵐を引き起したり沈めたり，地面を揺らすこ
	とが可能な三又の鉾または槍である．その力ゆえ彼はまた地震の神と
	もされている．肉体的にも彼は王として強靭で協力な支配者である．
		[ The Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends of All
		  Nations, by Herbert Robinson and Knox Wilson ]
プタハ
ptah
#	Known under various names (Nu, Neph, Cenubis, Amen-Kneph,
#	Khery-Bakef), Ptah is the creator god and god of craftsmen.
#	He is usually depicted as wearing a closely fitting robe
#	with only his hands free.  His most distinctive features are
#	the invariable skull-cap exposing only his face and ears,
#	and the _was_ or rod of domination which he holds,
#	consisting of a staff surmounted by the _ankh_ symbol of
#	life.  He is otherwise symbolized by his sacred animal, the
#	bull.
	ヌー，ネフ，ケヌビス，アメン・ネフ，ヘリー・バケフなど様々
	な名前で知られるプタハは，創造神であり職人の神である．彼は
	通常手だけが自由なぴっちりと体に合うローブを着ている姿とし
	て描かれる．彼の容貌の最も特徴的なことは，顔と耳以外を覆う
	不変のスカルキャップ(小さな縁なし帽)と，生命のアンク十字架
	が上に乗っている杖である統治の杖である．彼は他にも神聖な動
	物である雄牛の象徴でもある．
紫ワーム*
*purple worm
#	A gargantuan version of the harmless rain-worm, the purple
#	worm poses a huge threat to the ordinary adventurer.  It is
#	known to swallow whole and digest its victims within only a
#	few minutes.  These worms are always on guard, sensitive
#	to the most minute vibrations in the earth, but may also
#	be awakened by a remote shriek.
	無害なみみずのガルガンチュア(巨大な巨人)版．紫ワームは通常の
	冒険者をおどすポーズをとる．全てを飲みこみ，数分で儀牲者を消
	化することが知られている．これらワームはいつも身構えており，
	地面のちょっとの振動に敏感であるが，大抵は鋭い音で目が覚める．
四足動物
quadruped
#	The woodlands and other regions are inhabited by multitudes
#	of four-legged creatures which cannot be simply classified.
#	They might not have fiery breath or deadly stings, but
#	adventurers have nevertheless met their end numerous times
#	due to the claws, hooves, or bites of such animals.
	森をはじめいろんな場所は，単純には分類できないような沢山の四
	本足の生き物に適している．それらは炎のブレスや死の針を持って
	いないが，冒険者はそれにもかかわらず，そのような動物の爪や蹄
	や噛みつきによって何度も終焉を迎えている．
量子力学者
quantum mechanic
#	These creatures are not native to this universe; they seem
#	to have strangely derived powers, and unknown motives.
	この生き物はこの世界のものではない．どこからか不思議な力が湧
	いて出るようである．動力も不明．
クアシト
quasit
#	Quasits are small, evil creatures, related to imps.  Their
#	talons release a very toxic poison when used in an attack.
	クアシトは小さな邪悪な生物であり，インプに似ている．攻撃の時に
	使用する彼等の鈎爪は非常に強い毒を分泌する．
ケツアルカトル
quetzalcoatl
	One of the principal Aztec-Toltec gods was the great and wise
	Quetzalcoatl, who was called Kukumatz in Guatemala, and
	Kukulcan in Yucatan.  His image, the plumed serpent, is found
	on both the oldest and the most recent Indian edifices. ...
	The legend tells how the Indian deity Quetzalcoatl came from
	the "Land of the Rising Sun".  He wore a long white robe and
	had a beard; he taught the people crafts and customs and laid
	down wise laws.	 He created an empire in which the ears of
	corn were as long as men are tall, and caused bolls of colored
	cotton to grow on cotton plants.  But for some reason or other
	he had to leave his empire. ...	 But all the legends of
	Quetzalcoatl unanimously agree that he promised to come again.
		[ Gods, Graves, and Scholars, by C. W. Ceram ]
雷神
雷田
raiden
#	The god of thunder.
	雷神のこと．
*ネズミ
rat
* rat
#	Rats are long-tailed rodents.  They are aggressive,
#	omnivorous, and adaptable, often carrying diseases.
	ねずみは尻尾の長い齧歯類である．彼等は攻撃的で雑食で順応性があ
	り，しばしば病気を運ぶ．
岩もぐら
rock mole
#	A rock mole is a member of the rodent family.  They get their
#	name from their ability to tunnel through rock in the same
#	fashion that a mole tunnels through earth.  They are known to
#	eat anything they come across in their diggings, although it
#	is still unknown how they convert some of these things into
#	something of nutritional value.
	岩もぐらは齧歯類の一員である．もぐらが地面に穴を掘るように岩に
	穴を掘る能力から，その名前が付けられた．彼等は，彼等が掘り進ん
	だ所にあるものすべてを食べてしまうが，どのようにしてそれらを栄
	養価に変換するのかについては未だ不明である．
盗賊
rogue
#	I understand the business, I hear it: to have an open ear, a
#	quick eye, and a nimble hand, is necessary for a cut-purse; a
#	good nose is requisite also, to smell out work for the other
#	senses.	 I see this is the time that the unjust man doth
#	thrive. <...> The prince himself is about a piece of iniquity,
#	stealing away from his father with his clog at his heels:  if
#	I thought it were a piece of honesty to acquaint the king
#	withal, I would not do't:  I hold it the more knavery to
#	conceal it; and therein am I constant to my profession.
#		[ Autolycus the Rogue, from The Winter's Tale by
#			  William Shakespeare ]
	なにやらかすつもりかわかったぜ，ちゃあんと聞いたからな．敏活な
	耳，機敏な目，敏捷な手，っていうのは巾着切りには必要条件だ．鋭
	敏な鼻ってやつも前提条件だ，耳や目や手のために仕事を嗅ぎ出さな
	くちゃならねえからな．今年はどうやら不正直者の当たり年らしいや．
	....
	だいたい王子様とあろうおかたが不正を働こうってんだろう，かわいい
	お荷物をかかえておやじさんの目をかすめて逃げ出そうってんだから．
	こいつを王様へご注進におよぶのが正直者のやりかただろうが，おれ
	はそうはしねぇ，かくしとくのが悪党にふさわしいとなりゃぁ，そう
	するほうがおれの職業に忠実ってわけだから．
		[ Autolycus the Rogue, from The Winter's Tale by
			  William Shakespeare ]
		[ 「冬物語」よりごろつきのオートリカス，
			白水ブックス，小田島尾訳 ]
ロゼ
rothe
#	The rothe (pronounced roth-AY) is a musk ox-like creature with
#	an aversion to light.  It prefers to live underground near
#	lichen and moss.
	ロゼは，光を嫌うジャコウウシに似た生物である．地衣類や苔の生え
	ている地下で生活する方を好む．
錆の怪物
rust monster
#	These strange creatures live on a diet of metals.  They can
#	turn a suit of armour into so much useless rusted scrap in no
#	time at all.
	この奇妙な生き物は金属を食べる．こいつらは鎧を瞬く間に錆だら
	けの鉄クズにしてしまう．
セーラ服
sailor blouse
	水兵服に似せた婦人・子供用の服．女学生の制服に用いる．
		[ 広辞苑第四版 ]
酒
sake
#	Japanese rice wine.
	日本の醸造酒．
サラマンダー
salamander
#	For hundreds of years, many people believed that salamanders
#	were magical.  In England in the Middle Ages, people thought
#	that fire created salamanders.	When they set fire to damp
#	logs, dozens of the slimy creatures scurried out.  The word
#	salamander, in fact, comes from a Greek word meaning "fire
#	animal".
	何百年も昔，サラマンダーは魔法であると多くの人々は信じていた．
	中世のイギリスでは，炎はサラマンダーによって起こされると考えら
	れた．彼等が湿った丸太に火をつけると，何十ものほっそりした生物
	がちょこちょこ出てきた．サラマンダーという単語は実際「炎の動物」
	という意味のギリシャ語の単語からきている．
		[ Salamanders, by Cherie Winner ]
サスカッチ
sasquatch
#	An ape-like humanoid native to densely forested mountains,
#	the sasquatch is also known as "bigfoot".  Normally benign
#	and rarely seen, this creature is reputed to be a relative
#	of the ferocious yeti.
	山の深い森に棲む類人猿のサスカッチは「ビッグフット」としても
	知られている．普段はおとなしく，めったに見かけないが，凶暴な
	イエティの血縁にあたるとの噂である．
権力の笏
sceptre of might
#	This mace was created aeons ago in some unknown cave,
#	and has been passed down from generation to generation of
#	cave dwellers.	It is a very mighty mace indeed, and in
#	addition will protect anyone who carries it from magic
#	missile attacks.  When invoked, it causes conflict in the
#	area around it.
	この棍棒は大昔に名もない洞窟で作られ，洞窟の住人により何代もの
	間受けつがれてきたものである．これは実に強力な棍棒である．さら
	に言えば，それを持つものは誰でも魔法の矢の攻撃から守られる．
	能力を使うと，回りを煽動することができる．
サソリ
scorpio*
#	A sub-species of the spider (_Scorpionidae_), the scorpion
#	distinguishes itself from them by having a lower body that
#	ends in a long, jointed tail tapering to a poisonous stinger.
#	They have eight legs and pincers.
	蜘蛛の亜種(学名: Scorpionidae)，サソリは低く長い体，先細い毒の
	あるトゲのついた尻尾でを持つことで見わけることができる．サソリ
	は合計8本の足とはさみを持つ．
		[ Van Dale's Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal ]
セレネ
selene
	セレネ．月の女神でヒュペリオンの子．ローマ神話ではルナと呼ばれ
	る．
影
shad*
#	Shades are undead creatures.  They differ from zombies in
#	that a zombie is an undead animation of a corpse, while a
#	shade is an undead creature magically created by the use
#	of black magic.
	影は不死の生物である．ゾンビが不死の動く死体であるのに対し
	影は黒魔法により作られた魔法的に不死の生き物であると言う違い
	がある．
呪術師カルノフ
shaman karnov
#	Making his quarters in the Caves of the Ancestors, Shaman
#	Karnov unceasingly tries to shield his neanderthal people
#	from Tiamat's minions' harassments.
	彼の住みかである太古の洞窟を作った呪術師カルノフは絶え間なく
	ティアマットの使いの攻撃からネアンデルタール人を守ろうとして
	いる．
山雷精
shan*lai*ching
#	The Chinese god of Mountains and Seas, also the name of an
#	old book (also Shan Hai Tjing), the book of mountains and
#	seas - which deals with the monster Kung Kung trying to
#	seize power from Yao, the fourth emperor.
	中国の山と海の神，また古い書の名前(山海経とも)．怪物クンクンを
	使わし4代皇帝，尭から力を奪取しようとした．
		[ Spectrum Atlas van de Mythologie ]
刺刀
shito
#	A Japanese stabbing knife.
	日本の，刺すためのナイフ．
幻の銀水晶
the silver crystal
	−−あなたしかいないの！
	「幻の銀水晶」の真の力を使って
	あれを封印できるのは
	プリンセス！あなただけなの！
	....
	プリンセス・セレニティ−−おぼえておいて
	「幻の銀水晶」はすべてあなたの心しだいなの
	強い信念と協調 そして深い愛情
	それがないと−−悪魔(サタン)であるあれを消し去ることはできない
	プリンセスであり 正義の戦士
	セーラームーンであることに
	誇りと自信を どうか もって
		[ 美少女戦士セーラームーン 第3巻，武内直子，講談社 ]
骸骨
skeleton
#	A skeleton is a magically animated undead creature.  Unlike
#	shades, only a humanoid creature can be used to create a
#	skeleton.  No one knows why this is true, but it has become
#	an accepted fact amongst the practitioners of the black arts.
	骸骨は魔法で動く不死の生物である．影とは違い単なる人間型の骨格
	から作られた生き物である．誰もこれがなぜ真実なのかは知らないが
	暗黒技術の医師達間で受けいれられた事実になっている．
スラッシャー
slasher
#	"That dog belonged to a settler who tried to build his cabin
#	on the bank of the river a few miles south of the fort,"
#	grunted Conan. ...  "We took him to the fort and dressed his
#	wounds, but after he recovered he took to the woods and turned
#	wild.  -- What now, Slasher, are you hunting the men who
#	killed your master?" ...  "Let him come," muttered Conan.
#	"He can smell the devils before we can see them." ...
#	Slasher cleared the timbers with a bound and leaped into the
#	bushes.	 They were violently shaken and then the dog slunk
#	back to Balthus' side, his jaws crimson. ...  "He was a man,"
#	said Conan.  "I drink to his shade, and to the shade of the
#	dog, who knew no fear."	 He quaffed part of the wine, then
#	emptied the rest upon the floor, with a curious heathen
#	gesture, and smashed the goblet.  "The heads of ten Picts
#	shall pay for this, and seven heads for the dog, who was a
#	better warrior than many a man."
#		[ Conan The Warrior, by Robert E Howard ]
傷だらけ
	「この犬の飼主は開拓者の一人で，砦から数マイル南の河岸に小屋を
	造ろうとしていた男だ」コナンが暗い顔つきで説明した． ...
	「砦へ連れもどって，傷の手当をしてやったが，元気をとりもどすと，
	森へはいって，野犬になってしまった----おお，どうした，傷だらけ！
	いまでもおまえ，主人を殺したやつらを狙っているのか？」 ...
	「いっしょに連れていこう」コナンは低い声でいった．「蛮人どもが
	ひそんでいたら，こいつが先に嗅ぎつけてくれるはずだ」
	...
	犬は，丸太の山を躍り越え，茂みのなかへ跳びこんでいった．そして
	そのあたりを激しくざわめかしたあと，犬は口から血をしたたらせて，
	バルトゥスのかたわらへもどってきた．
	...
	「あの若者はりっぱな男だった」コナンがいった．「おれはこの酒を
	あの若者の霊に捧げる．そして，怖れを知らぬ勇敢な犬のためにも！」
	といいながら，酒杯の半ばを一気に飲み，残りを床にぶちまけ，その
	あと酒杯を叩き割った．異教のならわしにもとづく奇妙な哀悼の表現
	だった．「彼のために，ピクトのやつらの首を十個斬りとってやる．
	犬のためにも七つは斬ってやろう．畜生ではあるが，どんな人間より
	もりっぱな戦士だった」
		[ Conan The Warrior, by Robert E Howard ]
		[ コナンと古代王国の秘宝, 宇野利泰訳, 創元推理文庫 ]
変形菌
ねばねばカビ
slime mold
#	Slime mold or slime fungus, organism usually classified with
#	the fungi, but showing equal affinity to the protozoa.	Slime
#	molds have complex life cycles with an animal-like motile
#	phase, in which feeding and growth occur, and a plant-like
#	immotile reproductive phase.  The motile phase, commonly
#	found under rotting logs and damp leaves, consists of either
#	solitary amoebalike cells or a brightly colored multinucleate
#	mass of protoplasm called a plasmodium, which creeps about
#	and feeds by amoeboid movement.
	変形菌，変形カビ(ゲームではねばねばカビ)．通常は菌類に分類され
	る有機体だが，原生動物との類似点もある．ねばねばカビは動物のよ
	うに食物を摂取し成長しながら自律運動をもつ時期と，植物のように
	不動で生殖する時期の複雑なライフサイクルを持つ．自律運動の時期
	には一般に腐った丸太の下や湿めった葉の下で見つけることができる．
	それは，普通，単一のアメーバのような細胞であったり，アメーバの
	ようにはびこり運動する明く色どられた変形体と呼ばれる原形質の多
	核集団である．
		[ The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia ]
*蛇
*ヘビ
コブラ
*snake
serpent
water moccasin
python
pit viper
cobra
#	Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God
#	had made.  And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of
#	every tree of the garden?  And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of
#	the fruit of the trees of the garden:  but of the fruit of the tree which is
#	in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither
#	shall ye touch it, lest ye die.	 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall
#	not surely die:	 for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your
#	eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.  And
#	when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant
#	to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit
#	thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
#
#	And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done?	 And
#	the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.	 And the Lord God said
#	unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cat-
#	tle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and
#	dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:  And I will put enmity between
#	thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy
#	head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
	さて，主なる神が造られた野の生き物のうちで，へびが最も狡猾であ
	った．へびは女に言った，「園のうちにあるどの木からも取って食べ
	るなと，ほんとうに神が言われたのですか」．女はへびに言った．「
	わたしたちは園の木の実を食べることは許されていますが，ただ園の
	中央にある木の実については，これを取って食べるな，これに触れる
	な，死んではいけないからと，神は言われました」．へびは女に言っ
	た．「あなたがたは決して死ぬことはないでしょう．それを食べると，
	あなたがたの目が開け，神のように善悪を知る者となることを，神は
	知っておられるのです」．女がその木を見ると，それは食べるに良く，
	目には美しく，賢くなるには好ましいと思われたから，その実を取っ
	て食べ，また共にいた夫にも与えたので，彼も食べた．
	....
	そこで主なる神は女に言われた．「あなたは．なんということをした
	のです」．女は答えた，「へびがわたしをだましたのです．それでわ
	たしは食べました」．主なる神はへびに言われた．
	「おまえは，この事を，したので，
	すべての家畜，野のすべての獣のうち，
	最ものろわれる．
	おまえは腹で，這いあるき，
	一生，ちりを食べるであろう．
	わたしは恨みをおく，
	おまえと女のあいだに，
	おまえのすえと女のすえとの間に．
	彼はおまえのかしらを砕き，
	おまえは彼のかかとを砕くであろう」．
#		[ Genesis 3:1-6,13-15 ]
		[ 創世記  3:1-6,13-15， 口語訳聖書，日本聖書協会 ]
スニッカーズニー
snickersnee
#	Ah, never shall I forget the cry,
#	    or the shriek that shrieked he,
#	As I gnashed my teeth, and from my sheath
#	    I drew my Snickersnee!
#	--Koko, Lord high executioner of Titipu
#		[ The Mikado, by Sir W.S. Gilbert ]
	ああ，忘れまいぞ，
		そが叫びし叫びを，
	我は歯をきしらせるや，
		すらりと抜けり，わが太刀を！
	-- 秩父の守，狐々
		[ ミカド, Sir W.S. Gilbert ]
兵士
下士官
副官
指揮官
*soldier
sergeant
lieutenant
captain
#	The soldiers of Yendor are well-trained in the art of war,
#	many trained by the Wizard himself.  Some say the soldiers
#	are explorers who were unfortunate enough to be captured,
#	and put under the Wizard's spell.  Those who have survived
#	encounters with soldiers say they travel together in platoons,
#	and are fierce fighters.  Because of the load of their combat
#	gear, however, one can usually run away from them, and doing
#	so is considered a wise thing.
	イェンダーの兵士達は戦いの技についてよく訓練されており，そのう
	ちの多くは魔法使い直々に訓練されている．ある者が言うには，兵士
	は不幸にして捕らえられ，魔法使いの呪文により配下におかれている
	冒険者であるそうだ．兵士らに会って生き延びたものが言うには，彼
	らは小隊に毎に行動する気性の荒い戦士である．しかしながら，彼ら
	の戦闘用の装具の重さのため，普通は彼らから逃げ切ることができ，
	そうすることは賢いことだと考えられている．
ソロノー*サランディア
solonor thelandira
#	The elven god of hunting and wilderness skills.	 His
#	followers honor him by excelling at archery.
	エルフの狩猟と技術の神．彼の従者は彼をアーチェリーの長と尊敬
	している．
*蜘蛛
*spider
#	Eight legged creature capable of spinning webs to trap pray.
	願わくばひっかかってくれる網を張ることができる8本足の生物．
アエスキュラピスの杖
staff of aesculapius
#	This staff is considered sacred to all healers, as it truly
#	holds the powers of life and death.  When wielded, it
#	protects its user from all life draining attacks, and
#	additionally gives the wielder the power of regeneration.
#	When invoked it performs healing magic.
	この杖は全ての薬師に神聖なものと考えられている．なぜなら，生と
	死をつかさどる力を持っているからである．手にすると，それはエナ
	ジードレインから持ち主を守り，さらに持ち主に回復力を与える．能力
	を使うと魔力が回復する．
*像
statue*
#	Then it appeared in Paris at just about the time that Paris
#	was full of Carlists who had to get out of Spain.  One of
#	them must have brought it with him, but, whoever he was, it's
#	likely he knew nothing about its real value.  It had been --
#	no doubt as a precaution during the Carlist trouble in Spain
#	-- painted or enameled over to look like nothing more than a
#	fairly interesting black statuette.  And in that disguise,
#	sir, it was, you might say, kicked around Paris for seventy
#	years by private owners and dealers too stupid to see what
#	it was under the skin.
	スペインを追われたカルロス主義者たちがあふれていたパリに，鳥
	はやがて姿を見せました．その連中の一人が，何物とはわかりませ
	んが，鳥を持ちだしたのでしょう．しかしその人物は，鳥の真価を
	露ほども知らなかったのだと思います．スペインの王位継承をめぐ
	る内戦中，この鳥はちょっと珍しい彫像程度にしか見えないように，
	明らかに奪われぬ用心のためペンキかエナメルを塗られていたので
	す．そして偽装のまま，見せかけの姿に隠された真価に気づくよす
	がもない愚かな所有者や古物商の手から手に，七十年余にわたって
	パリ近辺を転々としたわけです．
		[ The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiell Hammett ]
		[ マルタの鷹，小鷹信光訳，ハヤカワ文庫 ]
スティング
つらぬき丸
sting
#	There was the usual dim grey light of the forest-day about
#	him when he came to his senses.	 The spider lay dead beside
#	him, and his sword-blade was stained black.  Somehow the
#	killing of the giant spider, all alone and by himself in the
#	dark without the help of the wizard or the dwarves or of
#	anyone else, made a great difference to Mr. Baggins.  He felt
#	a different person, and much fiercer and bolder in spite of
#	an empty stomach, as he wiped his sword on the grass and put
#	it back into its sheath.
#	"I will give you a name," he said to it, "and I shall call
#	you Sting."
	いつものように，森の一日のうす暗いあけ方の光があたりをぼおっ
	とそめるころ，ビルボはようやく正気づきました．クモは，ビルボ
	のすぐそばにたおれて死んでいて，剣のぬきみ真っ黒な血がこびり
	ついていました．ともかく，とほうもない大グモを殺したのです！
	それもやみのなかで，たったひとりで，です！魔法使いの力をかり
	たのでもなければ，ドワーフたちのかせいでもありません．これが，
	わがバギンズ君をたらりと変えるみなもとになりました．ビルボは
	いま，ちがったひとになりかわった気がしました．胃ぶくろだけは
	からっぽですのに，勇気りんりん，みなぎる熱気を感じながら，剣
	を草葉でぬぐって，さやにおさめました．
	「おまえに名まえをつけてやろう！よし，つらぬき丸とよぼう」
	とビルボは剣にいいました．
		[ The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
		[ホビットの冒険，岩波少年文庫，瀬田貞二訳]
須佐之男
susano*o
#	The Shinto chthonic and weather god and brother of the sun
#	goddess Amaterasu, he was born from the nose of the
#	primordial creator god Izanagi and represents the physical,
#	material world.	 He has been expelled from heaven and taken
#	up residence on earth.
	神道の混沌と天気の神，太陽神天照大神の弟，最初の神，伊邪那岐命
	の，鼻から生まれ，物理的，物質的な世界の象徴．天から追放され，
	地上に居を構える．
		[ Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan ]
短甲
tanko
#	Samurai plate armor of the Yamato period (AD 300 - 710).
	大和時代(西暦300年から710年)の侍の鋼鉄の鎧．
天狗
tengu
#	The tengu was the most troublesome creature of Japanese
#	legend.	 Part bird and part man, with red beak for a nose
#	and flashing eyes, the tengu was notorious for stirring up
#	feuds and prolonging enmity between families.  Indeed, the
#	belligerent tengus were supposed to have been man's first
#	instructors in the use of arms.
	天狗は日本の神話で最もやっかいな生き物である．半鳥半人，紅い
	尖った鼻とらんらんと光る目を持つ．天狗は家同士の不和を煽りた
	て，長びかせることで悪名高かった．実は，好戦的な天狗が人間に
	初めて武器の使い方を教えたとも云われる．
	[Mythical Beasts by Deirdre Headon (The Leprechaun Library)]
トート
thoth
#	The Egyptian god of the moon and wisdom, Thoth is the patron
#	deity of scribes and of knowledge, including scientific,
#	medical and mathematical writing, and is said to have given
#	mankind the art of hieroglyphic writing.  He is important as
#	a mediator and counsellor amongst the gods and is the scribe
#	of the Heliopolis Ennead pantheon.  According to mythology,
#	he was born from the head of the god Seth.  He may be
#	depicted in human form with the head of an ibis, wholly as an
#	ibis, or as a seated baboon sometimes with its torso covered
#	in feathers.  His attributes include a crown which consists
#	of a crescent moon surmounted by a moon disc.
#	Thoth is generally regarded as a benign deity.	He is also
#	scrupulously fair and is responsible not only for entering
#	in the record the souls who pass to afterlife, but of
#	adjudicating in the Hall of the Two Truths.  The Pyramid
#	Texts reveal a violent side of his nature by which he
#	decapitates the adversaries of truth and wrenches out their
#	hearts.
	エジプトの月と智恵の神．トートは法律および科学，医学，幾何学を
	含む知識の象徴であり，象形文字の書き方を人間に教えたと言われて
	いる．彼は神々の調停者や相談役として重要であり，ヘリオポリス
	エネード(太陽都市エネード？)神殿の書記である．神話によれば，彼
	はセト神の頭から生まれた．彼はトキの頭を持った人間として描かれ
	たり，完全なトキとして描かれたり，ときには胴に羽を覆った座った
	ヒヒとして描かれている．彼は月の円板の上に載った三日月からなる
	王冠を持っている．
	トートは一般に温和の象徴とされておいる．彼はまた実直に公平な
	来世へ向かう魂の記録を記載する責任者であるだけでなく２つの真理
	の館(？)の審判でもある．ピラミッドの文書はトートに反対する物の
	首を切り，心臓をもぎとると言う彼の野蛮な側面を暴露している．
		[ Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan ]
トート*アモン
thoth*amon
#	Men say that he [Thutothmes] has opposed Thoth-Amon, who is
#	master of all priests of Set, and dwells in Luxor, and that
#	Thutothmes seeks hidden power [The Heart of Ahriman] to
#	overthrow the Great One.
	また人の噂によりますと，ルクサナに住まいいたすトート・アモン
	というセトの大司教に反抗したツトートメスが，その大司教を転覆
	させるためとて禁断の魔力を求めにまいったよしでございますが，
	....
		[ Conan the Conqueror, by Robert E. Howard ]
		[ 征服王コナン，団征二訳，ハヤカワ文庫 ]
虎
tiger
#	1.  A well-known tropical predator (_Felis tigris_): a
#	feline.	 It has a yellowish skin with darker spots or
#	stripes.  2.  Figurative: _a paper tiger_, something that is
#	meant to scare, but has no really scaring effect whatsoever,
#	(after a statement by Mao Ze Dong, August 1946).
	1. よく知られた熱帯のネコ科の肉食動物(学名: Felis tigris )．
	黒い反転や縞のある黄色がかった皮を持つ．2.比喩用法: 紙に
	書いた虎，恐怖を意味する何かのようで，実際には何の効果もない．
	(1946年の Mao Ze Dongの声明による)
		[ Van Dale's Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal ]
タイタン
titan
#	Gaea, mother earth, arose from the Chaos and gave birth to
#	Uranus, heaven, who became her consort.	 Uranus hated all
#	their children, because he feared they might challenge his
#	own authority.	Those children, the Titans, the Gigantes,
#	and the Cyclops, were banished to the nether world.  Their
#	enraged mother eventually released the youngest titan,
#	Chronos (time), and encouraged him to castrate his father and
#	rule in his place.  Later, he too was challenged by his own
#	son, Zeus, and he and his fellow titans were ousted from
#	Mount Olympus.
	母なる大地ガイアはカオスから発生し，天である配偶者のウラヌス
	を産んだ．ウラヌスは彼らの全ての子供を憎んだ．なぜなら彼らが
	彼自身の権威の脅威になることを恐れたからである．これらの子供，
	タイタン，ギガンテス，サイクロプスは冥界に追放された．彼らの
	立腹した母親はやがてはもっとも若いタイタン，クロノス(タイム)
	をはなち，父親を去勢しその地を支配するよう彼をしむけた．後に，
	彼はその息子のゼウスの挑戦を受け，彼および彼の仲間のタイタン
	はオリンポスの山々から追放された．
		[ Greek Mythology, by Richard Patrick ]
旅行者
観光客
tourist
#	The road from Ankh-Morpork to Chrim is high, white and
#	winding, a thirty-league stretch of potholes and half-buried
#	rocks that spirals around mountains and dips into cool green
#	valleys of citrus trees, crosses liana-webbed gorges on
#	creaking rope bridges and is generally more picturesque than
#	useful.
#	Picturesque.  That was a new word to Rincewind the wizard
#	(BMgc, Unseen University [failed]).  It was one of a number
#	he had picked up since leaving the charred ruins of
#	Ankh-Morpork.  Quaint was another one.	Picturesque meant --
#	he decided after careful observation of the scenery that
#	inspired Twoflower to use the word -- that the landscape was
#	horribly precipitous.  Quaint, when used to describe the
#	occasional village through which they passed, meant fever-
#	ridden and tumbledown.
#	Twoflower was a tourist, the first ever seen on the discworld.
#	Tourist, Rincewind had decided, meant "idiot".
	アンク=モルポークからチルムへ至る道は，高山をうねうねと白く抜
	ける百五十キロ近い山道だった．山を縫うように深い谷や半ば埋もれ
	た岩を伝い，柑橘類が茂る涼しい緑の谷を抜け，蔓植物が蜘蛛の巣の
	ようにはびこる小峡谷を，吊り橋で渡っていく．それは多くの場合，
	いつにもまして，絵のように美しかった．

	“絵の様に美しい”．この表現は，魔術師リンスウィンド（＜見えざ
	る大学＞魔法学士，《除籍》）には耳新しいものだった．黒焦げの廃
	虚と化したアンク＝モルポークを出てから覚えた言葉の一つだ．
	他に，“趣のある”というのも覚えた．“絵の様に美しい”と言うの
	は−−リンスウィンドは，ツーフラワーが感激してこの表現を使った
	景色を，注意深く観察してこう定義した−−景観が恐ろしいほどに切
	り立っているということだ．“趣ある”と言うのは，時おり通り過ぎ
	た村について言われた場合には，熱病に襲われ，すっかり荒れ果てた
	という意味だ．

	ツーフラワーはディスクワールドはじまって以来の旅行者である．
	“旅行者”というのはリンスウィンドの定義では“馬鹿”のことだ．

		[ The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett ]
		[ ディスクワールド騒動記，安田均訳，角川文庫 ]
トラッパー
trapper
#	The trapper is a creature which has evolved a chameleon-like
#	ability to blend into the dungeon surroundings.	 It captures
#	its prey by remaining very still and blending into the
#	surrounding dungeon features, until an unsuspecting creature
#	passes by.  It wraps itself around its prey and digests it.
	トラッパーは，ダンジョンの周囲にとけこむというカメレオンのよう
	な能力を持つように進化した生物である．トラッパーは非常に静かに，
	そしてダンジョンの周囲にとけこみ，何の疑いも持たない生物が通り
	過ぎるまで待ち，獲物を捕獲する．トラッパーは獲物にすっぽり覆い
	被さり，消化する．
ほし肉
tripe ration
#	If you start from scratch, cooking tripe is a long-drawn-out
#	affair.	 Fresh whole tripe calls for a minimum of 12 hours of
#	cooking, some time-honored recipes demanding as much as 24.
#	To prepare fresh tripe, trim if necessary.  Wash it thoroughly,
#	soaking overnight, and blanch, for 1/2 hour in salted water.
#	Wash well again, drain and cut for cooking.  When cooked, the
#	texture of tripe should be like that of soft gristle.  More
#	often, alas, because the heat has not been kept low enough,
#	it has the consistency of wet shoe leather.
	一から作る場合は，内臓の調理はずいぶんと時間のかかる仕事です．
	新鮮な内臓全部では最低でも12時間の調理が必要であり，いくつかの
	由緒あるレシピでは24時間も必要です．新鮮な内臓を調理するには，
	必要なら余計な部分を切り取ります．よく洗ったら，一晩浸けおき，
	塩水で30分煮て色をとります．もう一度よく洗い，水を切って茹でる
	大きさに切ります．茹で終わった時には，内臓の手触りは柔らかい
	軟骨のようになっているはずです．温度を十分に低く保てなければ，
	たいていそれは濡れ靴の皮のような固さになってしまいます．あ
	あ‥‥
		[ Joy of Cooking, by I Rombauer and M Becker ]
*トロル
*troll
#	The troll shambled closer.  He was perhaps eight feet tall,
#	perhaps more.  His forward stoop, with arms dangling past
#	thick claw-footed legs to the ground, made it hard to tell.
#	The hairless green skin moved upon his body.  His head was a
#	gash of a mouth, a yard-long nose, and two eyes which drank
#	the feeble torchlight and never gave back a gleam.
#	[...]
#	Like a huge green spider, the troll's severed hand ran on its
#	fingers.  Across the mounded floor, up onto a log with one
#	taloned forefinger to hook it over the bark, down again it
#	scrambled, until it found the cut wrist.  And there it grew
#	fast.  The troll's smashed head seethed and knit together.
#	He clambered back on his feet and grinned at them.  The
#	waning faggot cast red light over his fangs.
#		[ Three Hearts and Three Lions, by Poul Anderson ]
	トロルは，よたよたと近よってきた．みたところ，８フィート，ある
	いは，それ以上はあるにちがいない．両手をうしろにぶらつかせ，ふ
	とい爪のある足でかがみこんで歩くさまは，見るだに恐ろしいものだっ
	た．毛のない緑色の肌が体のうえで波うち，頭部には耳まで裂けた口
	と１ヤードも突出した鼻がついていて，落ちくぼんだ眼は，黒い眼窩
	がプールのように穴をあけ，瞳孔も白眼もみえず，松明の光を吸いこ
	んでしまうだけで，ひとかけらも反射しなかった．
	[...]
	巨大な緑のクモのように，トロルの切断された手首が，指で這いはじ
	める．盛り土した床をこえ，丸太につきあたって鉤爪をひっかけて這
	いのぼり，また下りて這いすすみ，腕の一端へたどりついた．そして，
	トロルの手首は，そこにぴたりと癒着した．同時に，トロルのひしゃ
	げた顔が，溶けたようにうごめき，ついに元どおりに剥ぎあわされた．
	トロルは立ちあがって歯をむきだした．消えかけた松明の赤い火が，
	ふとい牙を照らしだした．
		[ Three Hearts and Three Lions, by Poul Anderson ]
		[ 魔界の紋章, 豊田有恒訳, ハヤカワ文庫SF ]
# 「魔界の紋章」, ポール・アンダースン, 豊田有恒訳, 
# ハヤカワ文庫SF, 早川書房, S53, pp.289-291
村正の*
tsurugi of muramasa
#	This most ancient of swords has been passed down through the
#	leadership of the Samurai legions for hundreds of years.  It
#	is said to grant luck to its wielder, but its main power is
#	terrible to behold.  It has the capability to cut in half any
#	creature it is wielded against, instantly killing them.
	この古の剣は，数百年の昔から幕府の指導者によって代々受け継がれ
	てきた．その所有者に幸運をもたらすをいわれているが，その真の力
	は目にするも恐しい．それは所有者に反抗するすべての生物をまっぷ
	たつにし，即死させる能力を持っている．
剣
tsurugi
#	The tsurugi, also known as the long samurai sword, is an
#	extremely sharp, two-handed blade favored by the samurai.
#	It is made of hardened steel, and is manufactured using a
#	special process, causing it to never rust.  The tsurugi is
#	rumored to be so sharp that it can occasionally cut
#	opponents in half!
	剣は侍の長剣として知られており，侍が好んで使用した極めて鋭利な
	両手持ちの剣である．それは鍛えられた鉄で出来ており，決して錆び
	ないように特殊な工程を経て作られている．剣はその鋭利さ故に，し
	ばしばその敵を真っ二つにすることができると噂されている．
ガイド
ツーフロアー
ツゥフロア
twoflower
guide
#	"Rincewind!"
#	Twoflower sprang off the bed.  The wizard jumped back,
#	wrenching his features into a smile.
#	"My dear chap, right on time!  We'll just have lunch, and
#	then I'm sure you've got a wonderful programme lined up for
#	this afternoon!"
#	"Er --"
#	"That's great!"
#	Rincewind took a deep breath.  "Look," he said desperately,
#	"let's eat somewhere else.  There's been a bit of a fight
#	down below."
#	"A tavern brawl?  Why didn't you wake me up?"
#	"Well, you see, I - _what_?"
#	"I thought I made myself clear this morning, Rincewind.	 I
#	want to see genuine Morporkian life - the slave market, the
#	Whore Pits, the Temple of Small Gods, the Beggar's Guild...
#	and a genuine tavern brawl."  A faint note of suspicion
#	entered Twoflower's voice.  "You _do_ have them, don't you?
#	You know, people swinging on chandeliers, swordfights over
#	the table, the sort of thing Hrun the Barbarian and the
#	Weasel are always getting involved in.	You know --
#	_excitement_."
	「リンスウィンドか！」

	ツーフラワーがベッドから飛び出してきた．魔術師は飛びすさったが，
	顔には何とかねじれた笑顔を浮かべた．

	「やぁ君！時間どおりだ！昼ご飯を食べたら，午後は盛りだくさんの
	計画を立ててくれてるはずだね！」
	「えぇと−−」
	「それはすごい！」
	リンスウィンドは深呼吸した．
	「いいかい」必死になって伝える．「昼飯はどこかよそで食おう．下
	ではちょっとした騒ぎがあったんだ」
	「酒場の喧嘩だ！どうして起こしてくれなかったの？」

	「そりゃだって，君−−何だって？」

	「今朝はっきり言っておいたと思うんだけど，リンスウィンド．僕は
	本物のモルポークらしい生活を見てみたいんだ−−奴隷市場や，＜娼
	婦の穴蔵＞，＜小神の寺院＞，乞食のギルド・・・それに本物の酒場
	の喧嘩」ツーフラワーの声に，行くぶん疑うような口調が加わった．
	「本当にあるよね？ほら，シャンデリアにぶら下がったり，テーブル
	の上の剣を交わしたり−−蛮人フルンや＜イタチ＞がいつも巻き込ま
	れているような出来事．つまり−−血湧き肉踊る冒険だよ！」

		[ The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett ]
		[ ディスクワールド騒動記，安田均訳，角川文庫 ]
tyaa
#	An evil goddess, she is able to command all forms of birds
#	to do her bidding.
	悪の女神．彼女は命令を遂行するよう全ての鳥に司令を出せる．
チュール
tyr
#	Yet remains that one of the Aesir who is called Tyr:
#	he is most daring, and best in stoutness of heart, and he
#	has much authority over victory in battle; it is good for
#	men of valor to invoke him.  It is a proverb, that he is
#	Tyr-valiant, who surpasses other men and does not waver.
#	He is wise, so that it is also said, that he that is wisest
#	is Tyr-prudent.	 This is one token of his daring:  when the
#	Aesir enticed Fenris-Wolf to take upon him the fetter Gleipnir,
#	the wolf did not believe them, that they would loose him,
#	until they laid Tyr's hand into his mouth as a pledge.	But
#	when the Aesir would not loose him, then he bit off the hand
#	at the place now called 'the wolf's joint;' and Tyr is one-
#	handed, and is not called a reconciler of men.
	チュールという名のアース神がまだいる．この神は最も大胆な神
	と考えられている．戦いにおいて，勝敗を決めることもしばしば
	あるのだ．だから，戦士はこの神に祈願するのがよい．ほかの人
	より強くて，何物をも恐れない者を，チュールのように強い，と
	いう表現があるくらいだ．この神はまた非常に賢くて，賢い人を
	チュールのように賢いというくらいだ．アース神たちが，フェン
	リスウールヴ(狼)をそそのかして，グレイプニルという足枷をは
	かせようとしたときに，チュールの勇気が証明されたのだ．その
	とき，フェンリスウールヴはアース神たちが，自分を再びはなし
	てくれることを，その保証として，チュールが手を口の中に差し
	込むまで，信用しなかった．そこでアース神たちが狼をはなそう
	としなかったとき，狼はチュールの手を，俗に<狼の関節>と呼ば
	れているところから噛み切ったのだ．それでチュールは片手しか
	ないし，人々の調停者と呼ばれないのだ．
			[ The Prose Edda, by Snorri Sturluson ]
			[ エッダ，谷口幸男訳，新潮社]
*hulk
*ハルク
#	Umber hulks are powerful subterranean predators whose
#	iron-like claws allow them to burrow through solid stone in
#	search of prey.	 They are tremendously strong; muscles bulge
#	beneath their thick, scaly hides and their powerful arms and
#	legs all end in great claws.
	アンバーハルクは強力な地下の肉食動物で，その鉄のような爪は固い
	岩をえじきを求めて掘り抜ける．そいつらは途方もなく強い．ふくら
	はぎの下方や鱗状の獣皮は筋肉がもりがっており，力強い腕と足は全
	て大きな爪がある．
*ユニコーン
ユニコーンの角
*unicorn
unicorn horn
#	Men have always sought the elusive unicorn, for the single twisted horn which
#	projected from its forehead was thought to be a powerful talisman.  It was
#	said that the unicorn had simply to dip the tip of its horn in a muddy pool
#	for the water to become pure.  Men also believed that to drink from this horn
#	was a protection against all sickness, and that if the horn was ground to a
#	powder it would act as an antidote to all poisons.  Less than 200 years ago in
#	France, the horn of a unicorn was used in a ceremony to test the royal food
#	for poison.
#
#	Although only the size of a small horse, the unicorn is a very fierce beast,
#	capable of killing an elephant with a single thrust from its horn.  Its fleet-
#	ness of foot also makes this solitary creature difficult to capture.  However,
#	it can be tamed and captured by a maiden.  Made gentle by the sight of a vir-
#	gin, the unicorn can be lured to lay its head in her lap, and in this docile
#	mood, the maiden may secure it with a golden rope.
#		[Mythical Beasts by Deirdre Headon (The Leprechaun Library)]
	人間はいつも捉えどころのないユニコーンを見てきた．頭の前に生
	えている一本のねじれた角は力強い魔除けの効果があると考えられ
	てきた．ユニコーンは泥だらけの水たまりを浄化するため，角の先
	っぽをちょっと入れると言われている．人間はまた，この角で飲む
	ことにより，あらゆる病気から身を守ることができ，角を煎じるこ
	とができるのなら，それはあらゆる毒の中和剤となると信じてきた．
	200年前のフランスではユニコーンの角は王家の食物を毒を調べる
	セレモニーに用いられていた．		

	小さい馬くらいの大きさであるが，ユニコーンは獰猛な動物で，そ
	の角からの一突きは象をも殺す力がある．また，その足の俊敏さは
	この群を作らない生き物を捉えることを困難にする．しかしながら，
	ユニコーンは処女の手により手なづけ捉えることができる．ユニコ
	ーンは処女を見ることによりおとなしくなり，頭をその女のひざに
	押しつけ魅了させられてしまう．このとき処女は金のロープで安全
	に捉えることができる．
		    [ 神話の生物, Deirede Headon(レプレコーン図書) ]

	Martin took a small sip of beer.  "Almost ready," he said.  "You hold your
	beer awfully well."
	Tlingel laughed.  "A unicorn's horn is a detoxicant.  Its possession is a
	universal remedy.  I wait until I reach the warm glow stage, then I use my
	horn to burn off any excess and keep me right there."
		[Unicorn Variations by Roger Zelazny]
ワルキューレ
valkyrie
#	The Valkyries were the thirteen choosers of the slain, the
#	beautiful warrior-maids of Odin who rode through the air and
#	over the sea.  They watched the progress of the battle and
#	selected the heroes who were to fall fighting.	After they
#	were dead, the maidens rewarded the heroes by kissing them
#	and then led their souls to Valhalla, where the warriors
#	lived happily in an ideal existence, drinking and eating
#	without restraint and fighting over again the battles in
#	which they died and in which they had won their deathless
#	fame.
	ワルキューレは13人の選ばれた殺人者で，天空を駆けるオーディンに
	仕える美しい女戦士である．彼女らは戦いの進行状況を見，戦いから
	戦士を選ぶ．彼等が死んだあと，処女達は戦士達にキスを与え，魂を
	戦士達にとって安息の地であるヴァルハラへと導く．酒も食事も尽き
	ることなく，終末の時まで何度でも戦い，永遠の名声を得ることがで
	きる．
		[ The Encyclopaedia of Myths and Legends of All
			Nations, by Herbert Robinson and Knox
			Wilson ]
吸血*
vampire
vampire bat
vampire lord
#	The Oxford English Dictionary is quite unequivocal:
#	_vampire_ - "a preternatural being of a malignant nature (in
#	the original and usual form of the belief, a reanimated
#	corpse), supposed to seek nourishment, or do harm, by sucking
#	the blood of sleeping persons. ..."
	オックスフォード英語辞典は極めて明解である：
	ヴァンパイア --- 有害な本性を持った超自然的な生物(原書もしく
	は通常伝来では，生き返った死体)．糧を捜し求め，傷つけ，眠って
	いる人間の血を吸う．
ヴァラド
vlad*
#	Vlad Dracula the Impaler was a 15th-Century monarch of the
#	Birgau region of the Carpathian Mountains, in what is now
#	Romania.  In Romanian history he is best known for two things.
#	One was his skilled handling of the Ottoman Turks, which kept
#	them from making further inroads into Christian Europe.	 The
#	other was the ruthless manner in which he ran his fiefdom.
#	He dealt with perceived challengers to his rule by impaling
#	them upright on wooden stakes.	Visiting dignitaries who
#	failed to doff their hats had them nailed to their head.
	ヴラド・ドラキュラ侯は15聖記のカルパチア山脈地方のバーガウ
	(現在のルーマニア)の君主である．ルーマニアの歴史では，彼は2
	つの点でよく知られている．1つはオスマントルコのキリスト教
	文化圏であるヨーロッパへの侵攻を防いだその統制手腕．もう1つ
	は戦場での冷酷な行動である．彼のやり方に反対するものには木の杭
	を突き刺した．帽子を脱ぐのに失敗した教会の高層を訪ね頭を釘で打
	ちつけた．
渦
*vortex
vortices
#	Swirling clouds of pure elemental energies, the vortices are
#	thought to be related to the larger elementals.	 Though the
#	vortices do no damage when touched, they are noted for being
#	able to envelop unwary travellers.  The hapless fool thus
#	swallowed by a vortex will soon perish from exposure to the
#	element the vortex is composed of.
	純粋な精霊のエネルギーの雲の渦巻き．渦はより巨大な精霊に関係
	があると思われる．渦は触っただけではダメージを喰らうことはない
	が，それらは油断している冒険者を取り込んでしまうことに注意せよ．
	不運な冒険者はこのようにして渦に飲み込まれ，渦を構成す
	精霊に身をさらし非業の死を遂げる．
ヴァロック
vrock
#	The vrock is one of the weaker forms of demon.	It resembles
#	a cross between a human being and a vulture and does physical
#	damage by biting and by using the claws on both its arms and
#	feet.
	ヴァロックは悪魔としては比較的弱い．人間とコンドルの混血に
	似ている．噛んだり手足の爪で攻撃してくる．
脇差し
wakizashi
#	The samurai warrior traditionally wears two swords; the
#	wakizashi is the shorter of the two.  See also katana.
	侍は伝統的に二本剣を差している．脇差しは短いほうである．刀
	の項目も見よ．
ワーグ
warg
#	Suddenly Aragorn leapt to his feet.  "How the wind howls!"
#	he cried.  "It is howling with wolf-voices.  The Wargs have
#	come west of the Mountains!"
#	"Need we wait until morning then?" said Gandalf.  "It is as I
#	said.  The hunt is up!	Even if we live to see the dawn, who
#	now will wish to journey south by night with the wild wolves
#	on his trail?"
#	"How far is Moria?" asked Boromir.
#	"There was a door south-west of Caradhras, some fifteen miles
#	as the crow flies, and maybe twenty as the wolf runs,"
#	answered Gandalf grimly.
#	"Then let us start as soon as it is light tomorrow, if we can,"
#	said Boromir.  "The wolf that one hears is worse then the orc
#	that one fears."
#	"True!" said Aragorn, loosening his sword in its sheath.  "But
#	where the warg howls, there also the orc prowls."
	突然アラゴルンが跳び上って叫びました．「何てひどく風が吠えるだ
	と！吠えているのは狼の声だ．ワーグどもが山脈の西にやって来たの
	だ！」
	「では，朝まで待つことがあろうか？」とガンダルフがいいました．
	「いった通りじゃ，追跡が始まったぞ！こうなればたとえ生きて明日
	の日の出を仰ごうと，気ちがい狼どもに後をつけられて，南への夜の
	度を続けて行こうと思う者がおるじゃろうか？」
	「モリアまでどのくらいあるのですか？」と，ボロミアはたずねまし
	た．
	「カラズラスの南西に入口が一つある．鴉が飛ぶように直線に行けば
	十五マイルばかり，狼どもが走るがごとく行けば二十マイルばかりあ
	ろう．」ガンダルフがきびしい顔で答えました．
	「それでは，できれば，日が明るみ次第すぐ出かけましょう．」と，
	ボロミアがいいました．「現に耳に聞く狼どもは，話で恐れるオーク
	鬼どもより悪いものです．」
	「その通り！」アラゴルンはそういって，さやに入った剣をベルトか
	らはずしました．「だが，狼の吠えるところには，オーク鬼もうろつ
	いているものだ．」
		[ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
		[ 評論社, 瀬田貞二訳 ]
*ワイト
*wight
#	When he came to himself again, for a moment he could recall
#	nothing except a sense of dread.  Then suddenly he knew that
#	he was imprisoned, caught hopelessly; he was in a barrow.  A
#	Barrow-wight had taken him, and he was probably already under
#	the dreadful spells of the Barrow-wights about which whispered
#	tales spoke.  He dared not move, but lay as he found himself:
#	flat on his back upon a cold stone with his hands on his
#	breast.
	ふたたび正気づいた時，とっさには恐怖感のほかは何一つ思い出せま
	せんでした．それから突然自分が囚われの身となり，絶望的な状態に
	陥ったことを知りました．フロドは古墳の中にいました．塚人がかれ
	を捕えたのです．そしておそらくすでに，噂話に語られたかの塚人た
	ちの身の毛のよだつような呪文をかけられてしまったのでしょう．か
	れは身動きする勇気もなく，気がついたときのままの姿勢で，冷い石
	に背中をあて，胸に両手を置いてじっと横になっていました．
		[ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
		[ 評論社, 瀬田貞二訳 ]
調和の魔術師
wizard of balance
#	The Wizard of Balance holds office in his hidden tower, only
#	reachable by magical means, where he teaches his apprentices
#	the enigmatic skills of occultism.  He considers himself a
#	guardian of the equilibrium of the universe, and goes out of
#	his way to promote stability.
	調和の魔法使いは彼の魔法によってのみ近づくことができる隠され
	た塔に住んでおり，謎めいたオカルト術を弟子達に教えている．彼は
	自分自身を世界の均衡の守護と考えており，安定性を助長するような
	やり方は行わない．
イェンダーの魔法使い
wizard of yendor
#	No one knows how old this mighty wizard is, or from whence he
#	came.  It is known that, having lived a span far greater than
#	any normal man's, he grew weary of lesser mortals; and so,
#	spurning all human company, he forsook the dwellings of men
#	and went to live in the depths of the Earth.  He took with
#	him a dreadful artifact, the Book of the Dead, which is said
#	to hold great power indeed.  Many have sought to find the
#	wizard and his treasure, but none have found him and lived to
#	tell the tale.	Woe be to the incautious adventurer who
#	disturbs this mighty sorcerer!
	この強大な魔法使いが何歳だとか，何処から来たのとかを知るものは
	いない．普通の人間より遥かに長く生きており，死なない体に退屈し
	はじめていることが知られている．そして，人間とのつきあいや人間
	について考えることもやめ，はるか地の奥深くに向った．彼は，恐し
	い聖器「死者の書」をもっている．それは偉大なパワーをもっている
	と言う．多くの人間が魔法使いとその宝を探そうとした．が，誰も発
	見することができず，それどころか生きて話を語るものすらいない．
	この強大な魔法使いをかき乱す無謀な冒険者に苦痛あれ！
狼*
*狼
wolf
*wolf
#	The ancestors of the modern day domestic dog, wolves are
#	powerful muscular animals with bushy tails.  Intelligent,
#	social animals, wolves live in family groups or packs made
#	up of multiple family units.  These packs cooperate in hunting
#	down prey.
	現代の飼い犬の祖先である狼は強力な力を毛むくじゃらの尻尾に
	持っている．狼は，賢く，社会的生活を営む．家族または家族の
	集まった群で行動する．これらの群は獲物を狩るため協力しあう．
*ワーム
*ワームの尻尾
クリスナイフ
ワームの歯
*worm
long worm tail
worm tooth
crysknife
#	[The crysknife] is manufactured in two forms from teeth taken
#	from dead sandworms.  The two forms are "fixed" and "unfixed".
#	An unfixed knife requires proximity to a human body's
#	electrical field to prevent disintegration.  Fixed knives
#	are treated for storage.  All are about 20 centimeters long.
	「クリスナイフ」は死んだサンドワームから取った歯から作られ，二
	つの使い方がある．二つの使い方とは，固体と粉末である．粉末のナ
	イフは粉砕を防ぐ電子のフィールドを人間の体のまわりに作る．固体
	したナイフは貯蔵用として扱う．20センチメートルくらいの長さである．
					  [ Dune, by Frank Herbert ]
レイス
ナズクル
wraith
nazgul
#	Immediately, though everything else remained as before, dim
#	and dark, the shapes became terribly clear.  He was able to
#	see beneath their black wrappings.  There were five tall
#	figures:  two standing on the lip of the dell, three advancing.
#	In their white faces burned keen and merciless eyes; under
#	their mantles were long grey robes; upon their grey hairs
#	were helms of silver; in their haggard hands were swords of
#	steel.	Their eyes fell on him and pierced him, as they
#	rushed towards him.  Desperate, he drew his own sword, and
#	it seemed to him that it flickered red, as if it was a
#	firebrand.  Two of the figures halted.	The third was taller
#	than the others:  his hair was long and gleaming and on his
#	helm was a crown.  In one hand he held a long sword, and in
#	the other a knife; both the knife and the hand that held it
#	glowed with a pale light.  He sprang forward and bore down
#	on Frodo.
	たちまち，ほかのすべての物はもとのままぼんやりと暗く見える中で，
	黒い影たちの姿だけが恐しいほどはっきり見えてきました．かれはか
	れらの黒い装束の下まで見通すことができました．背の高い姿は全部
	で五つありました．二人は谷のふちに立ち，三人は前進して来るとこ
	ろでした．かれらの蒼白い顔には鋭い無慈悲な目が燃えていました．
	黒いマントの下には灰色の長衣をまとっていました．灰色の顔には銀
	のかぶとがかぶせられていました．やせさらばえた手には鋼の剣が握
	られていました．かれらの視線はかれを捕え，かれを突き刺しました．
	それとともにかれらはかれに向って走り出しました．死にもの狂いで
	かれは自分の剣を抜きました．かれにはそれがまるで松明のように赤
	くちらちらとゆらぐように見えました．五人のうち二人が立ち止まり
	ました．三人めはあとの者よりいっそう高く，長い髪をきらめかし，
	かぶとの上に冠をいただいていました．かれは片手に長い剣を持ち，
	もう一方の手にナイフを握っていました．ナイフもそれを握る手も蒼
	白い光を放っていました．かれはぱっと跳び上がったかと思うと，急
	にフロドに襲いかかってきました．
		[ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
ワンパス
wumpus
#	The Wumpus, by the way, is not bothered by the hazards since
#	he has sucker feet and is too big for a bat to lift.  If you
#	try to shoot him and miss, there's also a chance that he'll
#	up and move himself into another cave, though by nature the
#	Wumpus is a sedentary creature.
	ところで，ワンパスは吸盤のついた足を持っていて，それが蝙蝠を
	持ちあげるのには大きすぎるのだが，全然苦にしていない．もし，
	それを撃とうとして失敗しても，他の洞窟によじのぼって移動する
	チャンスがまたある．自然界のワンパスは固着性の生物である．
		[ wump (6) -- "Hunt the Wumpus" ]
ザン
xan
	They sent their friend the mosquito [xan] ahead of them to
	find out what lay ahead.  "Since you are the one who sucks
	the blood of men walking along paths," they told the mosquito,
	"go and sting the men of Xibalba."  The mosquito flew
	down the dark road to the Underworld.  Entering the house of
	the Lords of Death, he stung the first person that he saw...

	The mosquito stung this man as well, and when he yelled, the
	man next to him asked, "Gathered Blood, what's wrong?"	So
	he flew along the row stinging all the seated men until he
	knew the names of all twelve.
			[ Popul Vuh, as translated by Ralph Nelson ]
ゾーン
xorn
#	A distant cousin of the earth elemental, the xorn has the
#	ability to shift the cells of its body around in such a way
#	that it becomes porous to inert material.  This gives it the
#	ability to pass through any obstacle that might be between it
#	and its next meal.
	地の精霊の遠い従姉妹にあたる．ゾーンは体を構成する細胞を
	移動させ物体の内部に浸透する能力を持つ．これにより，壁や
	障害物を自在に通り抜ける能力を持つ．
矢
ya
#	The arrow of choice of the samurai, ya are made of very
#	straight bamboo, and are tipped with hardened steel.
	侍の使用する矢である．矢は真直な竹から作り，矢じりは堅い鉄で
	ある．
イーノグ
yeenoghu
#	Yeenoghu, the demon lord of gnolls, still exists although
#	all his followers have been wiped off the face of the earth.
#	He casts magic projectiles at those close to him, and a mere
#	gaze into his piercing eyes may hopelessly confuse the
#	battle-weary adventurer.
	イーノグはノールの支配者であり，その手下が地表から一掃されて
	しまったにもかかわらず，いまだに存在している．近付くと魔術弾
	を発射する．その鋭い目を単にちらりと見ただけでも，戦いにつか
	れた冒険者はどうしようもなく混乱してしまうかもしれない．
イェティ
yeti
#	An ape-like humanoid native to inaccessible mountain tops,
#	the yeti is also known as "the abominable snowman".  Whether
#	or not the title "man" is appropriate remains unknown.
	猿のような亜人間で，未踏の山の頂上の原住民である．イェティは
	「残虐な雪男」としても知られている．「男」と言うのが適当かど
	うかは未だ不明である．
弓懸
yugake
#	Japanese leather archery gloves.  Gloves made for use while
#	practicing had thumbs reinforced with horn.  Those worn into
#	battle had thumbs reinforced with a double layer of leather.
	日本の革製のアーチェリーの小手である．実際には鎧とともに，親
	指を補強するために使われた．これらの防具は実戦では革を二重に
	して，親指を補強したという．
弓
yumi
#	The samurai is highly trained with a special type of bow,
#	the yumi.  Like the ya, the yumi is made of bamboo.  With
#	the yumi-ya, the bow and arrow, the samurai is an extremely
#	accurate and deadly warrior.
	侍は高度なトレーニングを特殊な武器である弓に対して行なってい
	る．矢の様に，弓は竹で作られている．弓矢を持つことにより，侍
	は極めて精密な殺人戦士となる．
*ゾンビ
*zombie
#	The zombi... is a soulless human corpse, still dead, but
#	taken from the grave and endowed by sorcery with a
#	mechanical semblance of life, -- it is a dead body which is
#	made to walk and act and move as if it were alive.
	ゾンビ．．．は魂のない人間の死体であるが墓から出て，魔術によっ
	て機械的な装いを受けている．-- さも生きているかのように歩き，
	演じ，動くための死の体である．
		[ W. B. Seabrook ]
ズルティ
zruty
#	The zruty are wild and gigantic beings, living in the
#	wildernesses of the Tatra mountains.
	ズルティは兇暴で巨大な生物である．タトラ山の荒地に住んでいる．

