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:''This article is about a traditional popular ballad based on a parable of Jesus. For the parable itself, see Rich man and Lazarus. For other uses of the names, see Dives (disambiguation) or Lazarus (name).'' Dives and Lazarus is Child ballad 56, and a Christmas carol. Francis James Child collected two variants, in ''The English and Scottish Popular Ballads''. It is based on the parable of the Rich man and Lazarus (also called "Dives and Lazarus" and found in ), but the story contains some miraculous elements, and has its emphasis slightly changed from the more traditionally Jewish to a more popularly Western Christian view of the afterlife. As in other popular renderings of the parable, ''Dives'' (Latin for ''rich'' or ''splendid'') was considered as a proper name, and the name even was changed to ''Diverus'' in variant B. ==Synopsis== The rich man Dives or Diverus makes a feast. The poor man Lazarus comes to Dives' door and repeatedly begs 'brother Dives' to give him something to eat and drink. Dives answers that he is not the brother of Lazarus, denies Lazarus food and drink, and sends his servants to whip him and his dogs to bite him. However, the servants are unable to whip Lazarus, and the dogs lick his sores instead of biting him. As both men die angels fetch Lazarus to heaven, and serpents take Dives to hell. In version A, Dives asks Lazarus for the a drop of water, and complains about his eternal punishment.m8 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「Dives and Lazarus (ballad)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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