English Dictionary

scape-bird

名詞

An bird that has symbolically had human diseases and sins transferred to it and then is release into the wild to carry away the afflictions.

日本語の意味

人間の病気や罪といった負の象徴がその鳥に移され、その厄災を取り除くために野生に放たれる鳥

Each year the villagers performed the rite, placing their illnesses and sins upon a scape-bird before releasing it to carry their burdens into the wild.

村人たちは毎年儀式を行い、病や罪を身代わりの鳥に託して野に放ち、それらの重荷を運ばせた。

意味（1）

An bird that has symbolically had human diseases and sins transferred to it and then is release into the wild to carry away the afflictions.

scape-birds （ plural ）