| 单词 | sun charm |
| 释义 | > as lemmassun charm sun charm n. Anthropology a festival or ritual involving fire which is thought to be a means of propitiating the sun and ensuring a period of sunshine; a bonfire lit for the purpose of providing the sun with fire; cf. sun spell n.2Apparently coined by the anthropologist Sir James Frazer, who in his book The Golden Bough (1890) interpreted certain fire festivals and fire rituals as attempts to propitiate or the sun or provide it with fire; see quot. 1890. In later use frequently with reference to Frazer's theory. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > other seasons and feasts > [noun] > to propitiate god of the sun sun charm1890 sun spell1907 1890 J. G. Frazer Golden Bough II. iv. 367 We have seen that the primitive Aryans probably kindled the midsummer bonfires as sun-charms, that is, with the intention of supplying the sun with fresh fire. 1897 D. Butler Church & Parish Abernethy v. 79 Dr. Frazer regards the fire-festivals of November and December as sun-charms intended to ensure a proper supply of sunshine. 1911 J. A. MacCulloch Relig. Anc. Celts xviii. 266 The bonfire [at Beltane] was a sun-charm, representing and assisting the sun. 1998 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 30 Dec. 7 The [fireball] ceremony, which coincides more or less exactly with the winter solstice when the sun reaches its lowest elevation, relates to ancient sun charms. < as lemmas |
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