== 東洋起源 ==
According to art historian [[Rudolf Wittkower]], the idea of the roc had its origins in the story of the fight between the Indian solar bird [[Garuda]]美術史家のルドルフ・ウィットカウアー(Rudolf Wittkower)<ref>ドイツの美術史家。1901-1971。</ref>によれば、ロックのアイデアは、インドの太陽鳥ガルーダ<ref>Wittkower noted the identification of the roc and Garuda made in Kalipadra Mitra, "The bird and serpent myth", ''The Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society'' (Bangalore) '''16''' 1925–26:189.</ref> and the [[chthonic]] serpent [[Nāga]]. と神話の大蛇ナーガとの戦いの物語に起源を持つという。 The [[mytheme]] of Garuda carrying off an elephant that was battling a crocodile appears in two Sanskrit epics, the ''[[Mahabharata]]'' (I.1353) and the ''[[Ramayana]]'' (III.39).