Kosmilisest jahist Põhja-Euraasia kaljutaides

• Main Author: Enn Ernits
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Estonian
• Published: Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum 2010
• Subjects: Cosmic Hunt myth; Far East; Karelia; Mongolia; prehistoric religion; rock art; Siberia; Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology; GN301-674; Onega; White Sea; lena river
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/05b47fbd79f64692a738dd87401ffc38

The article treats the possible reflections of the Cosmic Hunt myth in the rock art of Karelia, Siberia, the Far East and Northern Mongolia. The analysis comprises the more interesting groups of depictions, located on the coast of Lake Onega on Cape Peri Nos III, and on the northern Cape of Besov Nos, in Old Zalavruga by the White Sea, in the river basin of the Lena River in Central Siberia and elsewhere. A conclusion is reached that due to the fading of the contents of the myth and the specifics of rock art it is difficult, if not impossible, to prove the relevant connection. Therefore, it might be concluded that in the written materials many motifs of rock art have too easily been associated with the Cosmic Hunt myth.