Perch

Japanese: Percht
Perch

...The night before the New Year ends and the New Year begins. This night is called the night of Percht, and Percht is an old woman who is believed to appear with a group of dead spirits. When dawn breaks, the season of Fasching (Carnival) begins, and masked balls are held every night in Vienna, continuing for two months until Ashes Day (Aschermittwoch). ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Percht" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この前夜でラウフネヒテの時期は終わり,新年が始まる。この前夜はペルヒトPerchtの夜といわれ,ペルヒトは老婆で死霊群を連れて出現すると信じられていた。夜が明けると華やかなファッシングFasching(カーニバル)の季節となり,ウィーンでは毎晩仮面舞踏会が開催され,聖灰節Aschermittwochまで2ヵ月つづく。…

※「Percht」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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

<<:  perch

>>:  Percopsidae

Recommend

merchant adventureres company

…In the case of Britain, chartered companies are ...

Sogdian

…son of Artaxerxes I. Xerxes II, who succeeded hi...

Synergist

A drug that has no efficacy by itself, but when mi...

Yeshiva - Yeshiva

…Most of the Jewish people were in the Roman Empi...

Yasutoshi - Koshun

?-? A Buddhist sculptor from the Kamakura-Nanboku...

Disney World (English)

An amusement park located about 32 km southwest of...

Baruch Plan

…In Japanese, it is an abbreviation of disarmamen...

Ibuki - Ibuki

It is an evergreen coniferous tree of the Cupress...

Guiguzi - Guiguzi

A thinker from the state of Chu during the Warrin...

Dhaka - Dhaka (English spelling)

The capital of Bangladesh. It is located in the c...

Genrin Yamaoka

[Born] 1631 (Kan'ei 8), Ise Yamada [Died] June...

Child - Gaiji

〘Noun〙① ("Baby" means indecent) A child....

interval scale

…These analytical methods, along with regression ...

Ceramic condenser

A general term for capacitors that use metal oxid...

Food irradiation

Food is irradiated with radiation to sterilize, p...