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In Jonathan Swift's novel ''Gulliver's Travels'', the name struldbrug is given to those humans in the nation of Luggnagg who are born seemingly normal, but are in fact immortal. However, although struldbrugs do not ''die'', they do nonetheless continue ''aging''. Swift's work depicts the evil of immortality without eternal youth. They are easily recognized by a red dot above their left eyebrow. They are normal human beings until they reach the age of thirty, at which time they become dejected. Upon reaching the age of eighty they become legally dead, and suffer from many ailments including the loss of eyesight and the loss of hair. Struldbrugs were forbidden to own property:
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==Related myths== Chinese Taoism placed the Island of the Immortals eastward from China, while Swift places the struldbrugs near Japan. The term ''struldbrug'' has been used in science fiction, most prolifically by Larry Niven and Robert Silverberg, to describe supercentenarians. 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「Struldbrug」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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