Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

bunyip

Chinese translation:

本耶普

Added to glossary by Angus Woo
Apr 15, 2006 01:35
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English term

bunyip

English to Chinese Art/Literary Folklore Australia
Australian Aboriginal, dragon-like being, lives in swamps

http://sommerland.org/ondragons/races/races_oceania2.html
Proposed translations (Chinese)
4 本耶普
4 邦尼
3 水怪

Discussion

chica nueva (asker) Apr 22, 2006:
别字:好像有巢氏,燧人氏,伏羲氏,神农氏-> 好象
chica nueva (asker) Apr 22, 2006:
别字:有点相貌立足的Maui-> 有点相毛利族
chica nueva (asker) Apr 17, 2006:
别字: 传手中的"伏羲,女娲蛇身而人面,"-> 传说中的...; 可以经常发现人首蛇身的复习的图像. -> 的伏羲的图像.
chica nueva (asker) Apr 17, 2006:
explanation on Fuxi - spirit-ancestor? totem? '黄河渭水流域是中华民族的发祥地.传手中的"伏羲,女娲蛇身而人面,""伏羲鳞身,女娲蛇躯",这和今年从天水陆续出土发现"朱染其内,黑面其外",上面绘有较多蛇状图案的彩陶,有着一定的关系.当时在这个区域里,蛇为图腾崇拜的对象之一.到了汉代,在石刻,砖雕,壁画上,可以经常发现人首蛇身的复习的图像.
有关伏羲的历史记载和传说,是研究探讨先秦古代文化的重要线索.近代的文史学家闻一多先生著有"伏羲考";英国学者李约瑟也曾到天水考察了驰名中外的伏羲庙."
"甘肃旅游指南",中国旅游出版社,1982
chica nueva (asker) Apr 17, 2006:
similar to the Fuxi ancestor?

Proposed translations

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本耶普

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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "From this forum thread: http://www.proz.com/topic/44416(I thought of our local 'dragons' in NZ and Australia). I chose this answer for its 音译和定义, and the good source.没想到! 汉语真丰富,本耶普已进入了. 本耶普大英百科全書線上繁體中文版. 本耶普. bunyip. 澳大利亞原住民的民間傳說中的怪獸, 棲息於澳大利亞內陸蘆葦叢生的沼澤湖泊地區。有關這兩棲動物的形狀傳說... 更多資訊... 與我們聯絡 | Usage Agreement | Legal Notices. 建議最佳瀏覽解析度:IE 5.0 ... tw.britannica.com/MiniSite/Article/id00010029.html - 4k - Cached - Similar pages The bunyip seems like a (孽)龙 or chimera? (属妖怪?幻兽?) Thank you Ray for all your trouble. I was really happy and surprised to see the story translated into Chinese. 邦尼 is great, only that I couldn't find any other references to it, (only that it is used to transliterate some foreign proper names). 水怪, yes this is a generic name for all 'water monsters'可是本人觉得不够具体,另外bunyip对当地澳大利亚人有特殊意义,并该有自己的名字(跟'二郎神'相比?). 跟'伏羲'不一样,谢谢Ray Luo! 好像有巢氏,燧人氏,伏羲氏,神农氏,三皇五帝,等,属另一类,有点相貌立足的Maui(这些都很难比较).谢谢大家的热情与耐心! "
8 mins

水怪

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6 hrs

邦尼

三姐妹岩

很著名的一個景點,原本有七個,可是被風蝕侵毀了,現在只剩下三座。

有關三姐妹岩的傳說:話說在很久很久以前,有三個原住民姊妹-米妮(Meehni)、薇拉(Wimlah)、古妮度(Gunnedoo),和會巫術的父親「恰萬」(Tyawan)相依為命。他們快樂地住在山裡,生活中唯一的隱憂就是害怕鄰近洞穴裡的「邦尼」(Bunyip)會來捉他們。因此,恰萬為了保護女兒,會在出門前把她們帶到高處,妥善安置在峭壁旁。
一日,父親一如往常將女兒帶到峭壁旁,隨後即出發到山谷裡工作。正當三姊妹愉快地嬉戲時,一隻大蜈蚣爬到她們跟前,米妮勇敢地拿起石頭丟向蜈蚣,石塊卻掉落到山谷裡。三姊妹背後的石頭突然發出巨響,隨後斷裂,留下她們站在薄薄的岩石上,就在此時,岩石下傳出了隆隆聲,動物們害怕得飛走或逃開,一邊叫著:「快走!邦尼來了!」三姊妹嚇得抱在一起,動彈不得。
盛怒中的邦尼企圖抬頭看看是誰擾牠清夢,一發現是三姊妹,立刻抓住機會往上爬,山谷裡的恰萬眼看著邦尼就要抓到女兒了,趕緊舉起魔仗將三姊妹變成石頭,好讓邦尼無法得逞。
邦尼眼看著到嘴的肥肉飛了,生氣地要抓恰萬,恰萬逃跑時被石塊絆倒,情急之下把自己變成一隻琴鳥,飛到小洞穴裡躲起來,邦尼落了空,只好生氣地離開。恰萬原本打算在邦尼離開後再將女兒變回來,卻發現在逃生途中不甚遺落了魔杖,自己也永遠變成琴鳥了!
傳說相信,恰萬到現在還在不停地尋找魔杖,而三姊妹也只能沉默地佇立在山頭,等待她們的父親把她們變回來。

澳洲遊學之旅


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伏羲,女娲 Fuxi and Nüwa


Fuxi and Nüwa are the god and goddess husband and wife credited with being the ancestors of humankind after a devastating flood

The Were-snake Nu Wa
The name Fu Xi literally denotes that he had a prostrate and curvy body, like a snake. Obviously, both Nu Wa and Fu Xi had snake-like bodies, and perhaps because of their physical resemblance, legend maintains that Nu Wa was the sister and wife of Fu Xi. They are taken as the first divine married couple.

Despite their own sibling incestuous marriage, it is believed that Nu Wa called Fu Xi’s attention to prohibiting marriage between members of the same family and between a couple of the same surname. Fu Xi instituted the laws of marriage, providing first for betrothal through go-betweens, making rules for presents and ceremony, and forbidding pre-marital relations. As such, they are regarded as the God and Goddess of Marriage.


http://www.ln.edu.hk/eng/staff/eoyang/icla/Nuwa~1 - Christin...


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the goddess Nu Wa
http://www.sahajayoga.org.hk/nuwa.htm
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