日韓における虎と熊に関するメタファーの研究

Abstract

This study aims to explore the differences between the saliency of the metaphor of what has been likened by paying attention to any part of the Japanese and “虎” and “熊” in Korean and “호랑이” and “곰” it is obtained by a, and compared study based on data obtained from a database of sayings WWW pages on the Internet. As a result, and “tiger” for “호랑이” is an image of “absolute power” is Underlying both in both languages, vocabulary and meaning derived from it has been detected. However, since the “tiger” did not live in Japan, we have image by idealized the “tiger” from its original form, it is likely that it has led or “hero” and “power”. However, it is likely because there was a real damage from the “tiger”, meaning “strong” and was close to the “violence” rather than “force” in Korean. Positive image in Japanese, it is detected as a negative image in the Korean for it. Then and “bear” for “곰”, first, in the “bear”, and vocabulary because there was not much contact and faith for “bear” in the Ainu ethnic group other than the part of the Japanese mainland, were detected in this survey it was not much. However, vocabulary means the appearance characteristics such as “large” and “hairy” is detected. On the other hand in the “곰” is an important animal folk, a friendly enough to also appeared founding myth, but there is image “wisdom is not well developed” and the underlying vocabulary that derives from it but it has been detected. It is a vocabulary such as “a blockhead” “naive”, the negative image, but the vocabulary related to speed “dull” such as “slow” also detected many are positive image have. In addition, under the influence in the founding myth of “Bear Woman”, likened often to “bear” on women in Korea, since it is likened often to men, the image of the opposite of “bear” in Japan it can be said that the recall.