== 概要 ==
ジズは原型と思われる生き物(鷹?)に対応する巨大な動物・怪獣とされる。ジズは原型と思われる生き物(鷹?)に対応する巨大な動物・怪獣とされる。ラビはジズをペルシャの[[シ-ムルグ]]に匹敵すると言い、現代の学者はジズをシュメールのアンズーや古代ギリシャの[[フェニックス]]に例えている<ref name=Wazana>Wazana , Nili , Anzu and Ziz: Great Mythical Birds in Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Rabbinic Traditions , Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society, 2008 , 31 , 111–135p , http://www.jtsa.edu/Documents/pagedocs/JANES/2009/Wazana_JANES31.pdf , 26 November 2012</ref>
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Rabbis have said that the Ziz is comparable to the Persian [[Simurgh]], while modern scholars compare the Ziz to the Sumerian [[Anzû (mythology)|Anzû]] and the Ancient Greek [[Phoenix (mythology)|phoenix]].<ref name=Wazana>{{cite journal |last=Wazana |first=Nili |title=Anzu and Ziz: Great Mythical Birds in Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Rabbinic Traditions |journal=[[Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society]] |year=2008 |volume=31 |pages=111–135 |url=http://www.jtsa.edu/Documents/pagedocs/JANES/2009/Wazana_JANES31.pdf |access-date=26 November 2012}}</ref>
There is only passing mention of the Ziz in the Bible, found in {{Bibleverse|Psalms|50:11|HE}} "I know all the birds of the mountains and ''Zīz śāday'' is mine" and {{Bibleverse|Psalms|80:13-14|HE}} "The boar from the forest ravages it, and ''Zīz śāday'' {{Script/Hebrew|וְזִיז שָׂדַי}} feeds on it", and these are often lost in translation from the Hebrew,<ref name=Wazana /> being referred to in most English translations as ambiguous "beasts" and referred to as neither singular nor avian. The Jewish [[aggadah|aggadot]] say of the Ziz: