Urkanaria Festival - Urkanaria Festival

Japanese: ウルカナリア祭 - うるかなりあさい
Urkanaria Festival - Urkanaria Festival

...In Rome, the spring at the edge of the Forum, near the Temple of Vesta, was venerated as the home of the goddess Juturna, and on January 11, the Juturnalia was celebrated by people whose occupations involved the spring. Juturna, as one of the nymphs, was also prayed to in the Vulcanian festival on August 23, which celebrates Vulcan, the god of blacksmithing, to protect crops from fire. In classical poetry, Juturna is said to have become Jupiter's lover and gained control of the spring, or to have been married to Janus and given birth to Phonus, or Fontus, the Roman god of springs. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Ulcanaria Festival" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ローマでは,フォルムの端でウェスタ神殿に近い泉を女神ユトゥルナの住家として敬い,1月11日には泉を仕事のうえで使う職種の人々を中心に,ユトゥルナリア祭が祝われた。ユトゥルナはニンフの一人として鍛冶の神ウルカヌスを祝う8月23日のウルカナリア祭にも,穀物を火事から守るように祈願された。古典詩ではユピテルの愛人となって泉の支配権を得たとも,ヤヌスと結ばれてローマの泉の神たるフォンス,またはフォントゥスを生んだともされる。…

※「ウルカナリア祭」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。

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