The Tale of Rhodopis and the Golden Slipper
- In this ancient Egyptian tale, a beautiful slipper is stolen by a falcon, leading to a search for its owner.
- The king of Egypt decrees that all maidens must try on the slipper, and the one it fits will become his queen.
- Rhodopis, a servant girl, ultimately fits the slipper and marries the king, living happily ever after.
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お願いします (13) Hippopotamus accidentally splattered the beautiful slippers. Rhodopis cleaned them carefully and put them in the sun to dry. "As she was continuing with her chores, the sky darkened and as she looked up, she saw a falcon sweep down, snatch one of her slippers, and fly away." Could that be the god Horus who had taken her shoe? Rhodopis put the one slipper into her tunic and returned to her chores. (14) At the banquet the king was staring out at the crowd. He was thinking he would much rather be out hunting in the desert than hosting a party when "suddenly the falcon swooped down and dropped the rose-red golden slgpper in his lap." Knowing this was a sign from Horus, the king "sent out a decree that all maidens in Egypt must try on the slipper, and the owner of the slipper would be his queen." (15) As you may have now guessed, the king traveled his kingdom by chariot searching high and low. Maidens everywhere tried to squash their wrong-sized feet into the slipper. Then he took to the Nile on his royal barge and one day he docked near the home of Rhodopis. The servant girls who tormented Rhodopis recognized the slipper at once but said nothing. One after another they tried to cram their feet into the golden slipper and one after another they failed. The king saw Rhodopis hiding in the rushes and asked her to come forward and take her turn at the slipper. "She slid her tiny foot into the slipper and then pulled the other from her tunic." And as if it were a golden rule...the king and Rhodopis lived happily ever after.
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(13) カバたちが、偶然に美しい靴に泥をはねかけました。 ロードピスは慎重にそれらをきれいにして、乾かすために、日なたにそれらを置きました。 「彼女が雑用を続けていると、空が暗くなりました、それで、彼女が見上げると、タカが急降下してきて靴の1足をうばい取って飛び去るのを、彼女は見ました。」 彼女の靴を奪うのがホルス神などと言うことがあり得るのでしょうか？ ロードピスは片方の靴を彼女のチュニックに入れて、彼女の雑用に戻りました。 (14) 晩餐会で、王は群衆を見渡していました。 彼は、パーティを開くよりもむしろ砂漠に狩りに出かけた方がよかったと考えていました、その時、「突然、タカが急降下してきて、彼のひざにバラ色がかった金色の靴を落としました。」 これがホルスからのお告げだということを知って、王は「エジプトの全ての娘が、その靴を履いてみなければならないと言う命令を出しました、そして、その靴の持ち主は、彼の妃となることでしょう。」 (15) あなたがもう推測している様に、王は二輪戦車で彼の王国を旅してくまなく捜しました。 少女たちは、至る所で彼らの大きさの合わない足をその靴に押し込もうとしました。 それから、彼は国王の船でナイル川に向かい、ある日、ロードピスの家の近くで停泊しました。 ロードピスをいじめた召使の少女たちは、すぐにその靴が誰のものか気付きましたが、何も言いませんでした。次々と、彼らは足を金色の靴に押し込もうとしました、そして、次々と、彼らは失敗しました。 王はロードピスが植え込みの中に隠れているのを見て、彼女もこちらに来て、彼女もその靴を履いてみる様に頼みました。 「彼女はその小さい足をその靴にすべり込ませて、それから、もう一方の靴を彼女のチュニックから引き出しました。」 そして、まるでそれが黄金律であるかのように ... 王様とロードピスは、その後ずっと幸せに暮らしました。
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臥日本語訳！ お願いします （13）誤って美しいスリッパを飛び散ったカバ。Rhodopisはそれらを慎重に洗浄し、乾燥する日に入れます。"彼女は家事を続けていたので、空が暗くなって、彼女は見上げたとして、彼女は鷹スイープダウン見て、彼女のスリッパのいずれかを強奪し、飛び去る。" それは彼女の靴を取っていたホルス神だろうか？Rhodopisは彼女のチュニックに1スリッパを入れて、彼女の家事に戻った。 （14）宴会で王は群衆で外を見つめていた。彼はときに彼はむしろ外にパーティーをホストより砂漠で狩りだろうと考えていた"突然鷹が舞い降り、彼の膝の上にローズレッドの黄金slgpperを落とした。" これを知っていることはホルスからのしるし、 "エジプトのすべての乙女はスリッパにしようとしなければならない法令を出し、スリッパの所有者は彼の女王だろう。"王だった （15）あなたはすぐに推測できるように、王戦車はハイとローを検索することによって彼の王国を旅した。乙女はどこでもスリッパにスカッシュに自分の間違ったサイズの足を試してみました。それから彼は彼の王室のはしけにナイル川にかかったと1日、彼はRhodopisの家の近くでドッキング。苦しめRhodopisが一度スリッパを認識したが、使用人の女の子が何も言わなかった。彼らは黄金のスリッパに足を詰め込むことを試みたつぎつぎと相次いで彼らは失敗しました。王はラッシュ中に隠れRhodopisを見て、楽しみに来てスリッパで彼女のターンを取るように彼女に頼んだ。"彼女はスリッパに彼女の小さな足を滑らせた後、彼女のチュニックから他を引っ張った。" そして、それは黄金律であるかのように...王とRhodopisは後に幸せに暮らしていた。
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