Ethnic perception of time in the traditional culture of Ob-Ugrian and Samoyed peoples
English
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Journal’s Subject Headings:
History, ethnography, archeology
About author:
Candidate of historical sciences, director Ob-Ugric institute of applied researches and development Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia [email protected]
Abstract. Classical scientific paradigm treats time as one of the fundamental characteristics of the real world. The factors of experience and perception of time are related to the idea of its heterogeneity. The peculiarity of traditional culture is the simultaneous existence of time as a one-way forward motion (profane, everyday, lineal) and time as a sequence of similar events, life circles (sacral, mythical, cyclical time).
Keywords: historical time, mythological time, Ob Ugrians, Samoyed peoples, traditional culture, calendar, eternity, world-view.
Abstract. Classical scientific paradigm treats time as one of the fundamental characteristics of the real world. The factors of experience and perception of time are related to the idea of its heterogeneity. The peculiarity of traditional culture is the simultaneous existence of time as a one-way forward motion (profane, everyday, lineal) and time as a sequence of similar events, life circles (sacral, mythical, cyclical time).
Keywords: historical time, mythological time, Ob Ugrians, Samoyed peoples, traditional culture, calendar, eternity, world-view.
