Some Motifs in Komi Legends about the Creation of the World
Some Motifs in Komi Legends about the Creation of the World
Author(s): Pavel LimerovSubject(s): Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum
Keywords: alkonost; cosmogonic legends; demiurge; proto-Uralic myth; scenario;
Summary/Abstract: The article analyses some scenarios from legends about the creation of the world in the Komi tradition. The text recorded by Pavel Doronin in 1923 contains some storylines that have no parallels in similar texts. First and foremost, it is the story of the creation of the Earth, which is a contamination of mythological motifs of Earth-diving and the creation of the world from an egg. The article considers in detail the main components of the motifs and offers a hypothesis about the origins of these components.
Journal: Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 76
- Page Range: 29-38
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English