Wisdom is like a baobab tree, no individual can embrace it.
--- Akan Saying in Ghana
A baobab tree is growing in the tropical zone in Africa which has the trunk too huge for no one to be able to embrace it alone. The tree is the symbol of wisdom for the Ghana people as the oak is the symbol of wisdom for the celtic people. The Ancient Jews considered that she (wisdom) is the tree of life to whom that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her (Proverb 3:18). These nations show that the tree is a symbol of life & wisdom. In Japan, the tree is worshipped in a more abstract way. In Ghana, the Akan people might think that wisdom is made up of all the knowledge of the people in a village or community, & when you need to decide something, it is better to talk with someone than to decide by oneself without any talk.
バオバブの木はアフリンの熱帯に育ち、一人では抱えきれないくらいに幹が太い。バオバブの木は、樫の木がケルト人の知恵の象徴であるように、ガーナ人の知恵の象徴である。古代ユダヤ人は、叡智はそれを掴む者には命の木であり、命の木を抱えて離さぬ者は幸せなり、と考えた。日本ではもっと抽象的に木は崇拝されている。ガーナのアカン族は、村の人々皆の知識を叡智と捉え、何事かを決めなければないときは、相談なしに一人で決めるより、誰かに相談する方がよいといっているのだろう。
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Proverb data
Akan Saying
Similar English Saying
Akan Saying
Wisdom is like a baobab tree, no individual can embrace it.
Similar English Saying
Two heads are better than one,
逐語的邦訳
叡智はバオバブの木に似ている。一人ではかかえきれない。
類似する日本のことわざ
三人よれば文殊の知恵。
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