Perchtenlauf
English translation: "Demon's Run"
| 09:46 Nov 15, 2006 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Folklore / Traditions (Bavaria / Austria) | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Erich Friese Australia Local time: 04:16 | ||||||
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| 2 +1 | "Demon's Run" |
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| 2 | "the wandering about of the Perchten" |
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1"Demon's Run" Explanation: I don't believe that term is translatable .......see below: die (Bercht, Perchta), mythische Gestalt im Volksglauben und Brauchtum der Mittwinterzeit; Anführerin dämonischer Wesen (Perchten), die besonders in der Nacht vor dem Dreikönigsfest (Epiphanias; Perchtennacht) umherziehen; besonders im Alpenraum noch heute im Brauchtum lebendig (Perchtenlauf in den Zwölf Nächten durch vermummte Gestalten mit Holzmasken); in anderen Landschaften mit »Frau Holle« gleichgesetzt. © Bibliographisches Institut & F. A. Brockhaus AG, Mannheim, 2005 |
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16 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1See comments Explanation: You can say Perchtenlauf in german and maybe put procession in English afterwards or you could say Perchten procession. It depends on the likelihood of your audience knowing what this is. Originally, the word Perchten (plural of Perchta) referred to the female masks representing the entourage of Frau Bercht or Pehta baba as is known in Slovenia, an ancient goddess (some claim a connection to the nordic goddess Freyja, though this is uncertain). Traditionally, the masks were displayed in processions (Perchtenlauf) during the last week of December and first week of January, and particularly on the 6th of January. The costume consists of a brown wooden mask and brown or white sheep's skin. In recent times Krampus and Perchten have increasingly been displayed in a single event, leading to a loss of distinction of the two. Perchten are associated with midwinter and the embodiment of fate and the souls of the dead. The name originates form the Old High German word peraht, or brilliant, meant as a warning against the sin of vanity. http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:UiWxPrFP1ycJ:en.wikiped... |
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3 hrs confidence:
"the wandering about of the Perchten" Explanation: is how Muret-Sanders puts it. MS goes on to say for Perchten = "Austrian dial. young men who wander about between Christmas and Epiphany wearing masks" |
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