Anna Perenna

Japanese: アンナ･ペレンナ（英語表記）Anna Perenna

The ancient Roman goddess of the cycle of the year. Anna is the feminine form of the common noun annus, and perenna means "eternity." Her festival was held in the forest at the first milestone of the Via Flaminia on March 15 (the first full moon day of the lunar new year). On this day, people were free to do as they pleased, and people would raise cups of wine together and pray for happiness in the coming year. The poet Ovid tells two stories about the goddess in his Calendar. One identifies the goddess with Anna, the sister of Queen Dido of Carthage. After Dido's death, Anna fled to Italy and was treated well by Aeneas, but was disliked by his wife and became a nymph of the river god Numicius.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

古代ローマの年のめぐりの女神。アンナは普通名詞〈年annus〉を女性形にしたもの，またペレンナは〈永久〉の意。彼女の祭りは3月15日(旧暦の新年最初の満月の日)に，フラミニア街道の最初の一里塚がある地点の森の中で催された。この日は無礼講が許され，人々は酒杯を重ねてその数だけの年の幸せを祈った。女神に関しては詩人オウィディウスが《祭暦》の中で二つの話を伝えている。一つはこの女神をカルタゴの女王ディドの妹のアンナと同一視するもので，ディドの死後，イタリアへ逃れたアンナがアエネアスの厚遇をうけたものの，その妻に嫌われ，河神ヌミキウスNumiciusのニンフになったと説く。

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