raccoon-dog figureとは 意味・読み方・使い方

MINAMOTO no sanmi nyudo Yorimasa (MINAMOTO no Yorimasa) was selected as a leader to attack the evil spirit and got rid of the monster called nue (a monster with a monkey head, raccoon dog's body, tiger's paws and feet and a snakes' tale, which was originally imagined by an eerie voice of a White Thrush. It is also said that the figure was not clear).'発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

悪霊の討伐として抜擢された源三位入道頼政（源頼政）は、元凶である鵺（ヌエと読み。頭はサル、胴体はタヌキ、手足はトラ、尾はヘビ。元はトラツグミの不気味な鳴き声のみから想像したもので形は曖昧だったともいう）という妖怪・もののけを弓矢で退治した」 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

However, Kenji MURAKAMI, a ghost researcher and a writer, points out such Ungaikyo that have a distorted figure and is exaggerated in its capability, originated from the Ungaikyo that appeared as an old-looking raccoon dog in "Yokai Daisenso" (The Great War of Ghosts), a special effects movie made in 1968.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

しかし、妖怪研究家（作家）・村上健司の指摘によれば、そのようなデフォルメされた形と能力を持った雲外鏡の原典は特撮映画『妖怪大戦争(1968年の映画)』に登場する古狸（ふる-だぬき）様の雲外鏡にある。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス