Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / The Sakha and the Evenk: Fundamentals of Common Conceptual Space

Full text (.pdf)
Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2016 9 (10)
Authors
Afanasieva, Evdokiya N.; Ivanova, Raissa P.
Contact information
Afanasieva, Evdokiya N.:Mirny Polytechnic Institute (branch) of Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University 5/1 Tikhonova Str., Mirny, Sakha Republic, 678170, Russia; Ivanova, Raissa P.:Mirny Polytechnic Institute (branch) of Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University 5/1 Tikhonova Str., Mirny, Sakha Republic, 678170, Russia; E-mail: ,
Keywords
Evenk; Sakha; Altaic languages; concept; linguistic contacts; epic; mythology; Yakutia
Abstract

The article deals with the problem of linguistic contacts and their impact on worldview of the Evenk and Sakha. Mythology, language and folklore of these peoples have common features. The concept of the universe has three levels in both cultures. The God is in heaven, people are in the middle world, devils are in the lower world. In the Sakha epic heaven is the place of not only gods but also some evil spirits and ancestors. The Evenk imagine heaven as paradise, no evil spirits live there. The warriors of the middle world travel to the upper world to search for the brides. Close contacts and neighbouring during long-time period and family ties between the Evenk and Sakha had led to the formation of the common conceptual space based on religious and cultural syncretism, intermixture of the mythological and epic worldview

Pages
2298-2304
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/26359

Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).