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thumb thumb Misha ((ロシア語:Миша)), also known as Mishka ((ロシア語:Мишка)) or The Olympic Mishka ((ロシア語:Олимпийский Мишка)) or Misa (Vietnamese Language) , is the name of the Russian Bear mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games (the XXII Summer Olympics). He was designed by children's books illustrator Victor Chizhikov. Misha is the first mascot of a sporting event to achieve large-scale commercial success in merchandise. The Misha doll was used extensively during the opening and closing ceremonies, appeared on several merchandise products and had both an animated short film (animated by Soyuzmultfilm) and a television series (animated by Nippon Animation), all of which are now common practice not only in the Olympic Games, but also in the FIFA World Cup and other events' mascots. Misha also appeared in the 1980 Olympics episode of the Russian cartoon ''Nu, pogodi!'', handing trophies to the Wolf and the Hare. == Origins of the name Misha == In Russian, ''Misha'' is a short form for the Russian male name Mikhail (Michael), and ''Mishka'' is a diminutive of ''Misha''. This name, in any of its forms, is a common colloquialism in Russian for a bear, because it is similar to the standard name for bear ''медведь'' (''medved''). Also, most anthropomorphic bears in Russian fairy tales have this name. It is thought to originate as euphemism for ''medved'', which was tabooed because of magical thinking that letting out the "true name" of the dangerous animal may cause it to come and attack. ''Medved'' (which means "honey eater") itself is thought to be older Proto-Slavic euphemism for Proto-Indo-European *r̥kþos. 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「Misha」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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