Unexpected, hidden, secret son: the calendar aspect of the comparative mythology of hero and trickster
https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-4158-2019-4-130-145
Abstract
The paper explores one of the aspects of the calendar myth – the semantics of inserted time (month). In some traditions (Buryats, Komi, Ob Ugrians, etс. ) the purpose of such insertion into the calendars is maintaining the order of the time count, and therefore, the order of universe. Such adjusting of calendar directly correlates with the image of the secret (hidden) and/or unexpected son. This image is close in its many motives with the gospel story about Jesus, as well as about other Eurasian epic heroes, whose function is to save their people at the end of the world.
About the Author
G. S. Vrtanesyan
Russian State University of the Humanities
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Garegin S. Vrtanesyan
125993, Moscow, Miusskaya square, 6
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Vrtanesyan G.S. Unexpected, hidden, secret son: the calendar aspect of the comparative mythology of hero and trickster. Studia Religiosa Rossica: Russian Journal of Religion. 2019;(4):130-145. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-4158-2019-4-130-145
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