Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / The Energy of Ornament of Indigenous Peoples of the North

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2023 16 (7)
Authors
Bereznitsky, Sergey V.
Contact information
Bereznitsky, Sergey V.: Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), RAS Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation;
Keywords
indigenous peoples of the North; decorative art; ornament; symbolism; semantics; energy
Abstract

The relationship of energy and energy is a complex process of interaction of substances, forces and phenomena, changing their qualities. At the same time energy is a special mechanism regulating economic, mental human activity aimed at extraction, transformation and use of energy resources for realization of vital activity of society. The essence of the energy of ornament lies in the qualities of materials used to create the external appearance of the pattern, in the archetypes and codes of its internal, symbolic, worldview content. The material is associated with the life energy of wild, domestic animals, and birds. The peculiarity of ornamental art of indigenous peoples of the North is the use of fish skin, skins of sea animals. Thus, when creating ornaments, parts of bodies and components of energy substance of living beings living in all layers of the surrounding world: heavenly, earthly, aquatic and underwater, which are interpreted in accordance with ethno-cultural features of cosmogenesis and the world picture, life cycle rituals, with cults of sacred animals and ancestors

Pages
1197–1207
EDN
DMTQKR
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/150829

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