Rusalii

Japanese: rusalii
Rusalii

…Pagan deities survived in the form of associations with Christian saints, so that the Russian faith was sometimes called a dual faith. Even in the 19th century, in addition to Christian holidays celebrated in churches, festivals such as Radunitsa, Rusalii, and Semik were held to commemorate the spirits of ancestors. The period between Christmas and Epiphany (Epiphany), called Svyatki, and the seven weeks before Easter, which corresponds to Carnival, Maslenitsa, are also thought to have originally been events to commemorate the spirits of the dead and to presage fertility in the coming year. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "rusalii" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…異教的な諸神格はキリスト教の聖者たちと結びついた形で,その後も生き残ったので,ロシア人の信仰を二重信仰と呼ぶことすらあった。19世紀になっても,教会で祝われるキリスト教にちなんだ祭日とは別に,祖先の霊を追善するラードゥニッツァradunitsa,ルサーリーrusalii,セミークsemikなどの祭りが行われていた。キリスト降誕節と主顕節(公現祭)のあいだのスビャートキsvyatkiと呼ばれる期間,カーニバルに相当する復活祭7週間前のマースレニッツァmaslenitsaなども,起源的には死者の霊をまつり,来るべき年の豊饒を予祝する行事であったと考えられている。…

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出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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