英语词汇“devil dancer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

devil dancer n. a person who performs devil dances; a participant in a devil dance. [In use with reference to Sri Lanka (especially quot. 1827) after Sinhala yak-desa (with the first element yaka demon < Sanskrit yakṣa yaksha n.).

With quot. 1939 compare Western Apache (White Mountain and San Carlos) gāān gojitaał, lit. ‘mountain spirit dance’, the name of the ceremonial and gāān, denoting a kind of mountain spirit, also used to denote the dancer.]

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1827 Christian Examiner, & Church of Ireland Mag. Jan. 54 When it has been decided that sickness arises from the malignant influence of a devil, the assistance of a Yak-desa, (devil-dancer,) or priest of the devil, is requested.

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Sept. 14/1 They were followed [in a Perahera procession in Kandy] by the devil-dancers, who were terribly affected.

1939 Kiva 5 3 The [Apache] girl or girls for whom the ceremony is given dance around the fire, each preceded and followed by a Devil Dancer.

1998 Ethnohistory 45 186 Mexican death images: an eighteenth-century painting of a deceased nun, contemporary masked death and devil dancers, an ancient decorated skull.

单词	devil dancer
释义	> as lemmas devil dancer devil dancer n. a person who performs devil dances; a participant in a devil dance. [In use with reference to Sri Lanka (especially quot. 1827) after Sinhala yak-desa (with the first element yaka demon < Sanskrit yakṣa yaksha n.). With quot. 1939 compare Western Apache (White Mountain and San Carlos) gāān gojitaał, lit. ‘mountain spirit dance’, the name of the ceremonial and gāān, denoting a kind of mountain spirit, also used to denote the dancer.] ΚΠ 1827 Christian Examiner, & Church of Ireland Mag. Jan. 54 When it has been decided that sickness arises from the malignant influence of a devil, the assistance of a Yak-desa, (devil-dancer,) or priest of the devil, is requested. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Sept. 14/1 They were followed [in a Perahera procession in Kandy] by the devil-dancers, who were terribly affected. 1939 Kiva 5 3 The [Apache] girl or girls for whom the ceremony is given dance around the fire, each preceded and followed by a Devil Dancer. 1998 Ethnohistory 45 186 Mexican death images: an eighteenth-century painting of a deceased nun, contemporary masked death and devil dancers, an ancient decorated skull. extracted from deviln. < as lemmas
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