Oh Anna...
I've been patiently waiting but alas, you haven't and neither has anybody else, so I will...
Does anybody even recognize the name "Anna Perenna"? Anybody?
No Roman Mythology buffs out there I guess...(The Classics are ignored...)
The Roman goddess of the new year. Her festival was celebrated on March 15. The Romans gave various explanations to the origin or her name, amnis perennis ("eternal stream"): she was a river nymph; her name was derived from annis ("year"); she was a moon-goddess of the running year; also, she was equated with Anna, the sister of Dido, who was received in Latium by Aeneas, but drowned herself in a river. In the class-struggle between the patricians and plebeians she chose the side of the plebeians.
Also, it the name of a collectible plate manufacturer (Anna Perenna) of New York.
Anna-Perenna, Inc.
35 River St.
New Rochelle, NY 10801
914-633-3777
800-627-2550
914-633-8727 (Fax)
Manufactures and publishes limited edition figurines, sculpture and plates by artists such as P. Buckley Moss.
Personally, I visualize Anna Perenna in the Roman version ( a very HOMELY woman, (Perhaps just very bad drag?) but rather appropriate given our Anna's female/male dualities as relayed by Phreak, although the jury is still out on how he would know this for certain.)
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s0291.html