E. N. Rimareva
Nizhnevartovsk State University, Nizhnevartovsk, Russian Federation
Abstract:
The paper explores the evolution of God’s son mythologeme in the world cultural and literary traditions. The aim of this contribution is to conceptualize the archetypal image of Infant God by the example of Mir-susne-hum, Torum’s (the supreme god) son and one of the major objects in Vogul mythological and religious cult.
The research is base don comparative literary and cultural studies that ensure the comprehension of god’s son my thol ogemein the world literary traditionin general and its specific features in Mansi literary tradition. The main instruments used are comparative historical, cultural and comparative typological analysis.
Results indicate that the mythologeme of Vogul’s god Mir-susne-hum is deeply rooted in the world cultural and literary tradition of God’s son which is widely present in different vernacular cultures. The data collected testifies to the evolving character and content of the god’s son archetype in the Ob-Ugrian mythology and folklore.
The analysis of the mythological image of Mir-susne-hum allows us to conclude about the relationship of the Ob- Ugrian folk tradition with the literary traditions of other peoples of the world.
Keywords:
mythology, archetype, myth, fairy-tale, literary tradition, Mir-susne-hum.
Paper submitted:
September 25, 2019
For citation:
Rimareva E. N. (2020). God’s son mythologeme in ob-ugorian literary tradition. The Science of Person: Humanitarian Researches, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 18–22. DOI: 10.17238/issn1998-5320.2020.14.2.3
