Kosmiline jaht. Põhja-Ameerika müüdi Siberi variandid
The mythological motif of the Cosmic Hunt (F59.2) is characteristic of northern and central Eurasia and the Americas but seems to be missing in other parts of the globe. Two distinct Eurasian versions demonstrate North-American parallels at the level of minor details which could be explained only by...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:bfd1a48e5ab742698eb5c6ca4864605a 2023-05-15T15:44:17+02:00 Kosmiline jaht. Põhja-Ameerika müüdi Siberi variandid Juri Berezkin 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/bfd1a48e5ab742698eb5c6ca4864605a ET est Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum http://www.folklore.ee/tagused/nr30/berezkin.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1406-992X https://doaj.org/toc/1406-9938 1406-992X 1406-9938 https://doaj.org/article/bfd1a48e5ab742698eb5c6ca4864605a Mäetagused, Vol 30 (2005) Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology GN301-674 article 2005 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T03:01:21Z The mythological motif of the Cosmic Hunt (F59.2) is characteristic of northern and central Eurasia and the Americas but seems to be missing in other parts of the globe. Two distinct Eurasian versions demonstrate North-American parallels at the level of minor details which could be explained only by particular historic links between the corresponding traditions. According to the first variant, three stars of the handle of the Big Dipper are hunters and the dipper itself is an animal (elk in Siberia, bear in North America), while Alcor (a weak star near Mizar, which is the second star of the handle), occupies a special place in this picture. Its association with a dog (Orochon Evenk, Udeghe, Oroch, Lillooet, Coastal Salish, Wasco, Mohawks, Delaware, Fox) and especially with a cooking pot (Khakas, Khanty, Selkup, Ket, the northern and western groups of Evenk, Seneca, Cherokee) carried by the second hunter is highly specific and could not emerge independently in Asia and in the New World. According to the second variant of the Cosmic Hunt motif, the stars of the Orion's Belt represent three (sometimes one) deer, antelopes, mountain sheep or buffaloes. The hunter is Rigel or some other star or constellation below the Orion's Belt. Hunter's arrow has pierced the game and is seen either as the red star Betelgeuze (in Asia) or as the stars of Orion's Head (in America). Both in Asia (Hinduism, Tibetans, Kalmyk, Kazakh, Kirgiz, Tuva, Teleut, Altai, Telengit, Khakas, Tofa, Buryat, Mongol) and in North America (Gros Ventre, Cahuilla, Paviotso, Chemehuevi, Ute, Yavapai, Mohave, Maricopa, Kiliwa, Seri, Western Apache, Mescalero, Lipan), the second version of the Cosmic Hunt is localised further away from the Bering Strait than the first variant. It is an argument in favour of its slightly later introduction into the New World. Both episodes, however, probably date to the first settling of the New World; their absence in the circum-Beringian region excludes the possibility of their late spread. Unlike both these versions, the ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Bering Strait Evenk khanty Selkup Siberia Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Bering Strait Tuva ENVELOPE(12.506,12.506,65.215,65.215) The Handle ENVELOPE(161.983,161.983,-78.000,-78.000) Red Star ENVELOPE(-118.269,-118.269,56.017,56.017) Rigel ENVELOPE(-66.843,-66.843,-70.393,-70.393) |
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The mythological motif of the Cosmic Hunt (F59.2) is characteristic of northern and central Eurasia and the Americas but seems to be missing in other parts of the globe. Two distinct Eurasian versions demonstrate North-American parallels at the level of minor details which could be explained only by particular historic links between the corresponding traditions. According to the first variant, three stars of the handle of the Big Dipper are hunters and the dipper itself is an animal (elk in Siberia, bear in North America), while Alcor (a weak star near Mizar, which is the second star of the handle), occupies a special place in this picture. Its association with a dog (Orochon Evenk, Udeghe, Oroch, Lillooet, Coastal Salish, Wasco, Mohawks, Delaware, Fox) and especially with a cooking pot (Khakas, Khanty, Selkup, Ket, the northern and western groups of Evenk, Seneca, Cherokee) carried by the second hunter is highly specific and could not emerge independently in Asia and in the New World. According to the second variant of the Cosmic Hunt motif, the stars of the Orion's Belt represent three (sometimes one) deer, antelopes, mountain sheep or buffaloes. The hunter is Rigel or some other star or constellation below the Orion's Belt. Hunter's arrow has pierced the game and is seen either as the red star Betelgeuze (in Asia) or as the stars of Orion's Head (in America). Both in Asia (Hinduism, Tibetans, Kalmyk, Kazakh, Kirgiz, Tuva, Teleut, Altai, Telengit, Khakas, Tofa, Buryat, Mongol) and in North America (Gros Ventre, Cahuilla, Paviotso, Chemehuevi, Ute, Yavapai, Mohave, Maricopa, Kiliwa, Seri, Western Apache, Mescalero, Lipan), the second version of the Cosmic Hunt is localised further away from the Bering Strait than the first variant. It is an argument in favour of its slightly later introduction into the New World. Both episodes, however, probably date to the first settling of the New World; their absence in the circum-Beringian region excludes the possibility of their late spread. Unlike both these versions, the ... |
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Kosmiline jaht. Põhja-Ameerika müüdi Siberi variandid |
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Kosmiline jaht. Põhja-Ameerika müüdi Siberi variandid |
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Kosmiline jaht. Põhja-Ameerika müüdi Siberi variandid |
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Kosmiline jaht. Põhja-Ameerika müüdi Siberi variandid |
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kosmiline jaht. põhja-ameerika müüdi siberi variandid |
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