拉封登寓言/ 拉封登(Jean de La Fontaine)著; 莫渝譯. 臺北: 志文出版社, 民77/1988

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拉封登寓言/ 拉封登(Jean de La Fontaine)著; 莫渝譯. 臺北: 志文出版社, 民77/1988

拉封登(La Fontaine, Jean de), 1621-1695.
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在1762年的插圖中，靈感源自讓·德·拉封丹的詩作《教皇無花果島上的魔鬼》，一位女性面對邪惡並非依靠武器或祈禱，而是憑藉智慧。

當魔鬼要求農夫一半的收成時，農夫耍了個花招，只給了他一些葉子和莖稈。魔鬼勃然大怒，發誓要報復。農夫戰戰兢兢，但他的妻子佩雷塔卻毫不畏懼。

當魔鬼再次出現時，她假裝受傷——聲稱是丈夫打了她。然後，在令人震驚的反抗中，她撩起裙子，露出所謂的傷口。

魔鬼被人類的膽識──被女性原始而無畏的力量震撼──嚇得魂飛魄散，從此消失得無影無蹤。

拉封丹的故事既詼諧又深刻，它展現了智慧如何驅散恐懼——即使是羞恥，當與勇氣結合時，也能成為一種武器。

佩雷塔並非魔鬼的受害者；是她讓魔鬼淪為自身恐懼的俘虜。

#恥辱的俘虜 #讓‧德拉封丹 #神話與道德 #勇氣史 #民間傳說 #歷史上的女性

In a 1762 illustration inspired by Jean de La Fontaine’s poem “The Devil of Pope Fig Island,” a woman faces evil not with weapons or prayers — but with wit.
When a devil demands half a farmer’s crops, the farmer tricks him, giving only leaves and stems. Enraged, the devil vows revenge. The farmer trembles, but his wife, Perretta, does not.
When the devil returns, she feigns injury — claiming her husband has beaten her. Then, in a moment of shocking defiance, she lifts her skirt to reveal the supposed wound.
The devil, struck by human audacity — by the raw, unapologetic power of womanhood — recoils in terror and vanishes forever.
La Fontaine’s tale, playful yet profound, shows how cleverness can banish fear — how even shame, when wielded with courage, can become a weapon.
Perretta was not the devil’s victim; she was the one who made the devil hostage to his own horror.