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Fiddler's Green is a legendary supposed afterlife, where there is perpetual mirth, a fiddle that never stops playing, and dancers who never tire. In 19th-century maritime folklore it was a kind of afterlife for sailors who have served at least 50 years at sea.〔Eyers, Jonathan (2011). ''Don't Shoot the Albatross!: Nautical Myths and Superstitions''. A&C Black, London, UK. ISBN 978-1-4081-3131-2.〕 ==Literature== Fiddler's Green appears in Frederick Marryat's novel ''The Dog Fiend; Or, Snarleyyow'', published in 1856, as lyrics to a sailors' song:
Herman Melville describes a Fiddler’s Green as a sailors’ term for the place on land “providentially set apart for dance-houses, doxies, and tapsters” in his novella ''Billy Budd, Sailor'' (published posthumously in 1924). The author Richard McKenna wrote a story, first published in 1967, entitled "Fiddler's Green", in which he considers the power of the mind to create a reality of its own choosing, especially when a number of people consent to it. The main characters in this story are also sailors, and have known of the legend of Fiddler's Green for many years.〔McKenna, R. ''Casey Agonistes and other SF and Fantasy stories'', Pan Books Ltd., London, 1976.〕 Fiddler's Green is an extrasolar colony mentioned in Robert A. Heinlein's novels ''The Cat Who Walks Through Walls'' and ''Friday.'' In Neil Gaiman's ''The Sandman'' comic book series, Fiddler's Green is a place located inside of the Dreaming, a place that sailors have dreamed of for centuries. Fiddler's Green is also personified as a character as well as a location in the fictional world; the former largely based upon casual associations of G. K. Chesterton. From November 12 to 14, 2004, a comic book convention promoted as "Fiddler's Green, A Sandman Convention" was held at the Millennium Hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Author Neil Gaiman and several Sandman series artists and others involved in the series' publication participated in the convention, with profits benefiting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fiddler's Green」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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