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sleeping child

寝た子

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Sleeping child

出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/05/22 00:17 UTC 版)

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The sleeping child (maghrebi Arabic: ragued or bou-mergoud) is, according to Moroccan and the wider Maghrebian folk belief, a fetus which has been rendered dormant by black or white magic and may eventually wake up and be born after the normal pregnancy term. This belief, supported by the concept that God's will controls everything and that no event should be considered truly impossible, is used by local communities to deal with occasional cases of pregnancy in women with absentee husbands, a frequent situation in the modern era due to the large number of males working as immigrant labor in Europe. This folk belief is used to dismiss an accusation of adultery and the consequences that such an accusation would bring.