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I have not myself been able to trace the name Anitra back further than a Norwegian playwright named Henrik Ibsen, who wrote a play in based on the Danish folk hero Peer Gynt (You can read Peer Gynt online; it is considered by some to be one of the World's Greatest Books). One of Peer Gynt's encounters is with an Arabic princess named Anitra.

Later, the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg created a Peer Gynt opera based on Ibsen's play. One of the lovely passages in the opera was Anitra's Dance.

Personally, I believe that Anitra was a Norwegian playwright's idea of what an Arabic name ought to sound like. It is not truly a Danish name, or an Arabic name, or a given name in any other culture I have been able to find, before the time of Ibsen's play.

One possible inspiration for the name: there is a tiny town name "Enitra" near where Peer Gynt would have crossed the border into Arabia at the time of his story.

It is, whatever, a lovely name. It does seem to be a variant of the eternal Ann (Anna, Anita, Annabelle, etc.) which traditionally, in Christian cultures, means "beloved of God".

Anitras dance wiki Anitra's Dance. Illustration for A Day with Edvard Grieg by M C Gillington (Hooder & Syoughton, c ). Creator: Thomas Heath Robinson () Artwork medium: colour lithograph: Credit: Look and Learn: Search stock images by keyword.

The Anitra that Peer Gynt met, and others in literature and history, may stretch that meaning a bit, but most of them are colorful characters.

The Arabic princess Anitra first met Peer Gynt when he was exceedingly rich with the wealth he had won from solving the riddle of the Sphinx. She charmed him, danced for him, cooed him into giving her all of his wealth, and then she told him to scarper off before she sicced Daddy's guards on him.

A legendary gypsy dancer named Anitra was said to be able to charm audiences so thoroughly that her relatives could walk among them and steal the contents of their pockets with impunity.

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Anitra is the daughter of a Bedouin Chief, and she steals Peer Gynt’s money after he attempts to seduce her. Anitra’s Dance is placed third in the four-movement suite and features the triangle as well as pizzicato, or plucked, notes in the strings.

Arthur C. Clarke used the name Anitra for a character in his novel The Fountains of Paradise. Anitra was the retarded infant daughter of the main character; but at least he used the name.

Anitra was the hawk belonging to one of the central characters in the novel Windhaven by George R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle.

Somewhere out there is a rose named Anitra. One day many years ago I was talking with a friend in the halls of the Seattle YWCA when a woman waving a paintbrush came bursting out of a nearby room. "I've just been painting a picture of a rose.

Thomas heath robinson anitras dance information Anitra is the daughter of a Bedouin Chief, and she steals Peer Gynt’s money after he attempts to seduce her. Anitra’s Dance is placed third in the four-movement suite and features the triangle as well as pizzicato, or plucked, notes in the strings.

Can I call it Anitra's Rose?" I thought it was a very lovely rose and was honored to have it named after me. If the artist ever reads this, could you let me know whatever became of that rose?

I'm hoping that other people will add to the stories I have collected here of the name Anitra. This is fun.

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I have also had several Anitras sign my guestbook over the years, and I've found others in the search engines -- or when I tried to sign up for a service and found they already had several Anitras! I've added everyone I've found to the Anitra List, and I hope you add yourself if I haven't found you yet.