ON THE COSMIC HUNT IN NORTH EURASIAN ROCK ART (Kosmilisest jahist Pohja-Euraasia kaljutaides)

• Authors: Ernits Enn
• Languages of publication: ET

Abstracts

EN

: The article treats the possible reflections of the Cosmic Hunt myth in the rock art of Karelia, Siberia, the Far East and Northern Mongolia. The analysis comprises the more interesting groups of depictions, located on the coast of Lake Onega on Cape Peri Nos III, and on the northern Cape of Besov Nos, in Old Zalavruga by the White Sea, in the river basin of the Lena River in Central Siberia and elsewhere. A conclusion is reached that due to the fading of the contents of the myth and the specifics of rock art it is difficult, if not impossible, to prove the relevant connection. Therefore, it might be concluded that in the written materials many motifs of rock art have too easily been associated with the Cosmic Hunt myth.

Keywords

EN

COSMIC HUNT MYTH; FAR EAST; KARELIA; MONGOLIA; PREHISTORIC RELIGION; ROCK ART; SIBERIA

Discipline

• ETHNOLOGY: ETHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Folk Belief and Media Group of the Estonian Literary Museum, Estonian Institute of Folklore, EKM Teaduskirjastus
• Journal: Mäetagused
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 46
• Pages: 63-76
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Ernits Enn

• Enn Ernits, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 62, 51014 Tartu, Estonia

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11EAAAAA09464