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[n]
▶ heavenly being ▶ celestial being ▶ celestial nymph ▶ celestial maiden |
2. | A 2014-11-24 21:36:37 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...> | |
Diff: | @@ -11,0 +12 @@ +<re_inf>&ok;</re_inf> @@ -14,0 +16 @@ +<re_inf>&ok;</re_inf> |
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1. | A* 2014-11-24 04:49:52 Marcus Richert | |
Refs: | splitting out daij http://www.welcome-nikko.com/adachi/09.html |
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Comments: | I think the "celestial maiden" (which was in the original てんじん entry) is correct but the definitions are a bit confusing. enwiki has an entry on "Tennin" and claims 天女 and 天人 are the same thing, a development of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apsara (飞天 in Chinese according to wiki) but daij don't explicitly link 天人 and 天女. daijs for example does say: てんにん: "天上界に住む者。音楽を奏し、天華を降らせ、瓔珞(ようら く)をなびかせて虚空を飛行(ひぎょう)するとされる。" but there's no specific mention of them being female. daijr has "女性の天人" for 天女 enwiki has an entry on tennin and |