Functional Features of the Spirit of Fire Among the Altai Peoples of Siberia
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.210225.004How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- fire, Spirit of fire, folklore, Altai peoples, functions
- Abstract
The article discusses the functional features of the symbol of fire. The authors analyze the main functions of the symbol of fire in the traditional culture of the Altai peoples. The spirit of fire among the Altai peoples is presented in a female anthropomorphic image, it is called “От эне” ‘Mother Fire’. She acted as a mediator, a mediator between the three worlds according to the traditional picture of the world (Upper, Middle, Lower). She acted as a mediator between the Light deities - Ajac Конга ‘Clarity Khan’, Ак jаиыктаҥ Алтаи‘white Yaik Altai’, Ульген ‘Supreme deity’. According to the ideas of the Altai peoples, the main functional affiliation from эне (‘Mother Fire’) was the protection of family happiness and the protective function of the entire patrimonial center. In addition to the function of mediator, mediator and patron, the Spirit of Fire also had its purifying function. The authors emphasize that the ancient Altaians constantly performed the rite of consecration by fire and daily treated their patron, the keeper preserved the sacralization of the main function of the Fire Spirit as the patron of man, family and kind.
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- © 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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TY - CONF AU - Nurgun Vyacheslavovich Afanasev AU - Vasily Vasilievich Illarionov AU - Tuyara Vasilievna Illarionova AU - Olga Ksenofontovna Pavlova AU - Lyudmila Stepanovna Efimova PY - 2021 DA - 2021/02/26 TI - Functional Features of the Spirit of Fire Among the Altai Peoples of Siberia BT - Proceedings of the conference on current problems of our time: the relationship of man and society (CPT 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 15 EP - 17 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210225.004 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.210225.004 ID - Afanasev2021 ER -