English Dictionary

scape-animal

名詞

An animal that has symbolically had human diseases and sins transferred to it and then is sent out alive into the wilderness to carry away the afflictions.

日本語の意味

儀式において人間の病気や罪を象徴的に動物に移し、その動物を生きたまま荒野に送り出すことで、災厄を取り除く役割を担う動物

During the winter festival, the scape-animal was led out to the moor, bearing the community's ailments and sins as it vanished into the wild.

冬の祭りでは、罪を背負う動物が共同体の病と罪を運ばせるために荒れ地へ連れ出され、荒野へ消えていった。

意味（1）

An animal that has symbolically had human diseases and sins transferred to it and then is sent out alive into the wilderness to carry away the afflictions.

A very common one was to take an animal and, after various ceremonies, to sprinkle it with blood and let it loose as a scape-animal, carrying the disease away.

scape-animals （ plural ）