ASTRONOMY AND CENTROGRAPHY REGARDING THE SACRAL OBJECTS OF SAIAN-ALTAI (Sajaani-Altai kultusobjektide astronoomia ja tsentrograafia)

• Authors: Marsadolov Leonid
• Languages of publication: ET

Abstracts

EN

Not only in settled civilizations, but also among nomads there existed outstanding individuals such as politics, soldiers, wise men, artists and religious figures, sometimes today being considered anonymous. The idea of the Universe is pronounced in detail in the large barrows of the chieftains of Saian-Altai nomad tribes. The centre of large Eurasian regions could be displaced depending on many time-wise and spatial factors. The necessity of astronomical observations, for nomadic peoples of Eurasia, existed in the sacral meaning of time. The celestial bodies, the Sun and the Moon were a part of the cult of the Sky. In the cult monuments of Siberia there was organised a complex system reflecting the relations of an ancient person with the natural environment, Space.

Keywords

EN

ARCHAEOASTRONOMY; CENTROGRAPHY; MEGALITHS; NOMADS; PYRAMIDS; SACRAL OBJECTS; SANCTUARY; SPHINXES; THE MOON; THE SUN

• Publisher: Folk Belief and Media Group of the Estonian Literary Museum, Estonian Institute of Folklore, EKM Teaduskirjastus
• Journal: Mäetagused
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 48
• Pages: 79-94
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Marsadolov Leonid

• Leonid Marsadolov, State Hermitage, Dvortsovaya Naberezhnaya, St Petersburg, 190000, Russia

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11EAAAAA094621