…However, farmers were not satisfied with this alone, and instead of inviting tree spirits from the forests and mountains, they established new gods in the land they cultivated. For example, the ancient Greeks held a festival called Hyakinthia, a spring festival commemorating the beautiful young boy Hyacinthus, who was killed by a discus thrown by Apollo. It is believed that Hyacinthus was actually the personification or deification of the hyacinth or a similar plant. … From Hyacinth…The name Hyacinthus, with its unusual suffix (-nth-), was originally of indigenous Greek origin, and he was probably a grain spirit who died and rose again, but the above myth may have arisen as an explanation for the fact that his worship was replaced by that of Apollo, who arrived later. In the Dorian towns, including Amycrae, the Hyakinthia festival was held every year around the summer solstice. [Tomohiro Mizutani] … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Hyakinthia" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…しかしながら,農民はそれだけでは満足せず,森や山から樹霊を招来するばかりでなく,みずからの耕している大地の中に新しい神を設定する。例えば古代ギリシア人はヒュアキンティアHyakinthiaなる祭りを行ったが,この祭りは,アポロンの誤って投げた円盤があたって死んだ美少年ヒュアキントスを記念する春祭である。ところで,このヒュアキントスは実はヒアシンス,あるいは類似の植物を人格化,神格化したものであると考えられる。… 【ヒュアキントス】より…特異な接尾辞(‐nth‐)をもつヒュアキントスの名は,本来ギリシア先住民族のもので,おそらく彼は死んでよみがえる穀物の精であったと考えられるが,その崇拝がのちに到来したアポロンにとって代わられた事実の説明として,上記の神話が生じたのであろう。アミュクライをも含めて広くドリス人の町々では,毎年夏至のころにヒュアキンティアHyakinthia祭が行われていた。【水谷 智洋】。… ※「Hyakinthia」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 |
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