Refl ection of the cosmogonical conceptions of Ob-Ugric and Samoyed peoples according to archaeology and objects of material culture
English
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History, ethnography, archeology
About author:
Candidate of historical sciences, director Ob-Ugric institute of applied researches and development Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia [email protected]
Abstract. Worldview conception of traditional society is refl ected in the different types of culture: in the specifi city of the dwellings and settlements, ritual and ceremonial practice, social structure, clothes and etc. The earliest ideas of people about the world are found in the archaeological data and especially in visual art – a kind of symbolic system of culture. Therefore the disclosure of meaning, content of archaic symbols is important task in the study of ethnic history of the people under study.
Abstract. Worldview conception of traditional society is refl ected in the different types of culture: in the specifi city of the dwellings and settlements, ritual and ceremonial practice, social structure, clothes and etc. The earliest ideas of people about the world are found in the archaeological data and especially in visual art – a kind of symbolic system of culture. Therefore the disclosure of meaning, content of archaic symbols is important task in the study of ethnic history of the people under study.
Keywords: traditional culture, creation, mythology, Universe, code system, demiurges, cosmogonical symbols.
