On time-reckoning in old Saami culture
Time-reckoning in old Saami culture was an orientation towards macrocosmos and microcosmos, conditioned by factors in the ecological environment affecting the course of man's practical activity. In a society or a culture where hunting and fishing and breeding animals were the chief occupations,...
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fttsvojs:oai:journal.fi:article/67155 2023-05-15T15:05:16+02:00 On time-reckoning in old Saami culture Norlander-Unsgaard, Siv 1987-01-01 application/pdf https://journal.fi/scripta/article/view/67155 https://doi.org/10.30674/scripta.67155 eng eng The Donner Institute https://journal.fi/scripta/article/view/67155/27453 https://journal.fi/scripta/article/view/67155 doi:10.30674/scripta.67155 Copyright (c) 1987 Siv Norlander-Unsgaard https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 CC-BY-NC-ND Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis; Vol 12 (1987): Saami Religion; 81-93 2343-4937 0582-3226 Sami (European people) -- Religion Time perception Arctic regions Scandinavia Seasons Calendars Time measurements info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1987 fttsvojs https://doi.org/10.30674/scripta.67155 2020-05-29T23:18:42Z Time-reckoning in old Saami culture was an orientation towards macrocosmos and microcosmos, conditioned by factors in the ecological environment affecting the course of man's practical activity. In a society or a culture where hunting and fishing and breeding animals were the chief occupations, the concepts were influenced by the circumstances surrounding these activities. The concepts of time and time-reckoning were connected with a special content—winter and summer—caused by the biocosmic rhythm. Fauna and flora gave the indications of the coming season. Among these the bear' s hibernation was a stable and prominent sign, due to his extreme sensitivity towards the biocosmic rhythm. We can call this an ecological measuring of time, well-fitting to the different occupations of a hunter, his settlement and life-style of the main seasons. As the bear was linked to the points of time when light and darkness were shifting, the bear became an important factor in old Saami culture for the orientation on both macrocosmic and microcosmic level. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic saami sami sami Federation of Finnish Learned Societies: Scientific Journals Online Arctic Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis 12 81 93 |
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Time-reckoning in old Saami culture was an orientation towards macrocosmos and microcosmos, conditioned by factors in the ecological environment affecting the course of man's practical activity. In a society or a culture where hunting and fishing and breeding animals were the chief occupations, the concepts were influenced by the circumstances surrounding these activities. The concepts of time and time-reckoning were connected with a special content—winter and summer—caused by the biocosmic rhythm. Fauna and flora gave the indications of the coming season. Among these the bear' s hibernation was a stable and prominent sign, due to his extreme sensitivity towards the biocosmic rhythm. We can call this an ecological measuring of time, well-fitting to the different occupations of a hunter, his settlement and life-style of the main seasons. As the bear was linked to the points of time when light and darkness were shifting, the bear became an important factor in old Saami culture for the orientation on both macrocosmic and microcosmic level. |
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