Space marked out with livestock
International audience Searching for traces of pastoral activity in Turkic-Mongol space categories, we discover that measurement of distance is rather relative, whereas orientation is rather absolute. The norms governing orientation are so strict that inversion of positions is linked to death. À la...
Published in: | Études mongoles et sibériennes, centrasiatiques et tibétaines |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | French |
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HAL CCSD
2006
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Online Access: | https://hal.science/hal-01614163 https://doi.org/10.4000/emscat.988 |
Summary: | International audience Searching for traces of pastoral activity in Turkic-Mongol space categories, we discover that measurement of distance is rather relative, whereas orientation is rather absolute. The norms governing orientation are so strict that inversion of positions is linked to death. À la recherche des marques laissées par l’activité pastorale dans les catégories turco-mongoles de l’espace, on découvre que les mesures de distance sont définies de façon relative, alors que l’orientation l’est de façon absolue. Les normes qui déterminent l’orientation sont si impérieuses que l’inversion des positions est comprise comme funeste. |
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