Anastenarissaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

Anastenarissa (複数形 Anastenarissas)

1. A woman who takes part in the Anastenaria.
   • 2014, Evy Johanne Håland, Rituals of Death and Dying in Modern and Ancient Greece, →ISBN:

     Therefore, an old Anastenarissa may greet a young Anastenaride, not necessarily because he is a new member, but because he has inherited the position from his deceased grandmother who was an Anastenarissa.

   • 2016, Peter Loizos & ‎Evthmios Papataxiarchis, Contested Identities: Gender and Kinship in Modern Greece, →ISBN, page 109:

     These kerchiefs symbolized the bond uniting husband and wife, as in the context of the Anastenaria they symbolize the bond between Saint Constantine and the possessed Anastenarissa.

   • 2016, Loring M. Danforth, Firewalking and Religious Healing, →ISBN:

     When she began to dance at the konaki, these people said that she was a real Anastenarissa because she had “become one blood” (eyine ena ema) with her husband when she married him and gave birth to his children.