Does Yakut Folklore Contain Information on Neanderthals and Denisovans?

The work is based on the results of studying the Turkic peoples’ folklore and heroic epos, published research papers whoch focus on the etymology of the terms denoting the main characters “albasty” and “abaahy”, and also the lifestyle, appearance, anatomy, and genetics of the archaic hominids – Homo...

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Published in:Historical Ethnology
Main Authors: Dmitrii G. Tikhonov, Agafiya E. Zakharova, Tatiana S. Neustroeva
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Russian
Tatar
Published: Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, Marjani Institute of History 2018
Subjects:
folklore
olonkho
turk-mongols
the image of “abaahy”
“albasty”
“sara”
neanderthal man
denisov man
full genome analysis
Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology
GN301-674
GR1-950
Human ecology. Anthropogeography
GF1-900
Denisov
Yakut
Yakuts
Siberia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.22378/he.2018-3-1.14-28
https://doaj.org/article/4f41d0ae30274f05b87f998b2f4131d1
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Summary:The work is based on the results of studying the Turkic peoples’ folklore and heroic epos, published research papers whoch focus on the etymology of the terms denoting the main characters “albasty” and “abaahy”, and also the lifestyle, appearance, anatomy, and genetics of the archaic hominids – Homo neanderthalensis, Denisovan hominine. Research articles on olonkho, the texts of Yakuts’ Olonkho heroic epos – the largest indigenous ethnic groups of North-Eastern Siberia have been analyzed. As a result of the conducted research, the most generalized image of “abaahy” has been created, its prototypes in the ancient history have been presented.

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