MYTHOLOGEME OF THE GRIFFIN– THE CULTURAL CODE OF ANCIENT ALTAI

The article considers one of the controversial semantically ambiguous images of ancient culture of Altai, image of the griffin, penetrating ideologically and magically the entire system of artifacts of the Scythian world.In this study, the authors conclude that the griffin mythologema is not just an...

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Published in:Himalayan and Central Asian studies 2022-07, Vol.26 (3/4), p.149-V
Main Authors: Zhernosenko, I A, Reshetova, O P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Consciousness
Culture
Deer
Mythology
Semantics
Sun
Tattoos
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Summary:The article considers one of the controversial semantically ambiguous images of ancient culture of Altai, image of the griffin, penetrating ideologically and magically the entire system of artifacts of the Scythian world.In this study, the authors conclude that the griffin mythologema is not just an attribute of an area of the mythological Universe (the upper or lower worlds, as different researchers define it), but it plays the role of a cultural constant marking the borderline states and moments of "transition" both in social and in sacred senses.
ISSN:0971-9318