The motif of the world mountains in the options Buryat Geseriada

Occupation: Researcher
Affiliation: Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMBTS SB RAS), Ulan-Ude, Russia
Address: Russian Federation, Ulan-Ude, 670047, 6 Sakhyanovoy st.

Journal name

Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka

Edition

Volume 80 Issue 3

Pages

93-100

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to study the functioning of the motif of the world mountain in the texts of Buryat versions of the Gesariada. In modern folklore studies, the research of local epic traditions is becoming more and more relevant, which allows us to identify patterns of development of the epic genre in the vast territory of settlement of related peoples. The gesariad, as a complex of epic texts, is spread throughout almost all of Central Asia and is a rich material for studying traditional culture, history and Ethnography. The subject of research is the motive of the mountains, the object – text variants of the Buryat Geseriada. The world mountain in Buryat mythology is a model of the universe and includes parameters of the cosmic device. In the vast majority of texts of the Buryat Gesariad, the motif of the world mountain is embodied in the motif of mount Sumeru. Also in the Buryat texts there are mountains that have proper Buryat names and implement the all-Mongol cult of worship of mountain spirits. Determining the functions of the spatial image and revealing its variability leads the author to the conclusion that this motif not only determines the typological proximity of the epic texts about Gesar, but also reveals the place of the concept of the mountain in the worldview of the Buryats.

Keywords

World mountain, Meru, mount Sumeru, the motif of mountains, Geseriada, Buryat epic, heroic epic, typology, oliger, options Geseriada.

Acknowledgment

The research was carried out within the state assignment of FASO Russia XII.192.1.4.“Myth and history in folklore and literature of Buryat and Russian Siberians: universalia and specific features”, № АААА-А17-117021310268-2

Received

17.05.2020

Publication date

27.06.2021

Number of characters

11532

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GOST	Aiusheeva E. The motif of the world mountains in the options Buryat Geseriada // Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka – 2021. – V. 80. – Issue 3 C. 93-100 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://izv-oifn.ru/S241377150009723-8-1 (circulation date: 20.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S241377150009723-8
MLA	Aiusheeva, Erzhena "The motif of the world mountains in the options Buryat Geseriada." Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka 80.3 (2021):93-100. DOI: 10.31857/S241377150009723-8
APA	Aiusheeva E. (2021). The motif of the world mountains in the options Buryat Geseriada. Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka 80(3), pp.93-100 DOI: 10.31857/S241377150009723-8

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