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The Golden Woman, Golden Hag, Golden Lady ((ロシア語:Золотая баба), ''zolotaya baba'', archaic name: Злата баба, ''zlata baba'', (ラテン語:aurea anus))〔Roman Krzywy, ( "Złota Baba – pogańskie sanktuarium na krańcach państwa carów" ) (The Golden Woman – a Pagan Sanctuary at the Confines of the Tsarist State) ''Religie i kościoły'', Museum of King Jan III's Palace at Wilanów. Retrieved 12 January 2014.〕 is a legendary idol, an alleged item of worship of the indigenous peoples of Northeastern Europe/Northwestern Siberia. Early references about it are contradictory, both in its geographical location and in description. Maciej Miechowita in his ''Tractatus de duabus Sarmatis Europiana et Asiana et de contentis in eis'' (1517) described it as follows:
Giles Fletcher in his ''Of the Russe Common Wealth'' (1591) writes that some maps and descriptions of countries, e.g., one by Herberstein, mention a "Slata Baba, or the golden hagge", an idol in the shape of an old woman who serves as an oracle for indigenous priests. However Fletcher sees this as a myth. He further writes that in Obdoria, near the mouth of Ob River there is a rock of shape resembling a ragged woman bearing a child in her hands, and Obdorian Samoyeds use it in their pagan sorcery.〔''Russia at the Close of the Sixteenth Century, Comprising the Treatise "Of the Russe Common Wealth"'' (Google eBook) (p.99 )〕 The Golden Woman appears as Zolotaia baba on the 1569 map of the world by Gerardus Mercator. ==See also== *Yugra 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Golden Woman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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