ABOUT FEMALE DEITIES IN THE MYTHOLOGY OF FINNO-UGRIC PEOPLES (Naisjumalatest soome-ugri rahvaste mutoloogias)

• Authors: Yurchenkova Nina
• Languages of publication: ET

Abstracts

EN

The most widespread female deity in world mythologies is the Goddess of the Earth, known among Finno-Ugric peoples as Mother Earth. Research presumes that the cult of Mother Earth is relatively recent in origin, and somewhat associated with and related to the development of agriculture. Still, the religion of Finno-Ugric peoples comprises abundant other female deities whose help and assistance women can account for when in need. Moreover, among those Finno-Ugric peoples whose tillage culture is less developed, the goddess of the Earth can sometimes obtain even cosmogonic functions. The article gives an overview of Finno-Ugric female deities, their functions and the ways to sustain the favour of gods.

Keywords

EN

FEMALE DEITY; FERTILITY GODDESS; FINNO-UGRIC MYTHOLOGY; MOTHER EARTH

Discipline

• ETHNOLOGY: ETHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Folk Belief and Media Group of the Estonian Literary Museum, Estonian Institute of Folklore, EKM Teaduskirjastus
• Journal: Mäetagused
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 47
• Pages: 119-124
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Yurchenkova Nina

• Nina Yurchenkova, Mordovia State Pedagogical Institute named after M. E. Evseveva, Studencheskaja str 11a, 430007 Saransk, Russia

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11EAAAAA094614