“Bestial Peoples” – the Rejected or the Chosen Ones? About the Atypical “Foe” in the Old Russian Written Sources
In the ethnographic introduction of the Primary Chronicle, the Slavic tribes living around the Polans are compared to forest animals, which is often regarded by researchers as a vivid example of the construction of a “foe” image and a clear evidence of the blatant ethnocentrism of the Kievan author....
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Language: | Russian |
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Kazan Federal University
2023-10-01
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Series: | Učënye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta: Seriâ Gumanitarnye Nauki |
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Online Access: | https://uzakugu.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/10 |