“Forest Nose”, “Nose of Wind”, “Curse of Water”: Mythology at the Service of the Nomination (Vepsian Names for Diseases Emanating from Forest Spirits, Water and Wind)
Vepsian designations of some diseases, according to popular beliefs, sent to a person by three active elements — forest spirits (mec), water (vezi) and wind (tullei) — for disobedience, bad behavior in the forest, in the water, in nature are considered. The authors note that all names are complex w...
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| author | O. Yu. Zhukova N. G. Zaitseva |
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| description | Vepsian designations of some diseases, according to popular beliefs, sent to a person by three active elements — forest spirits (mec), water (vezi) and wind (tullei) — for disobedience, bad behavior in the forest, in the water, in nature are considered. The authors note that all names are complex words with a mythological background that are of interest in relation to the principles of the nomination. It is indicated that the first components of such words are usually referred to as “subject of influence”; the second components are the naming of the “result of the action”: -/nena ‘nose; letters. edge of impact’, -/išketiž ‘impact, blow’, -/tegend ~ -/tegotiž ‘directed punishment, deed’, -/ehtind ‘sending illness’. The presented analysis results indicate that only the components -/kibu, -/kibuine ‘pain’ and -/pagan ‘rotten; pagan’ (< paganyi (nasty) Russian) are neutral and, obviously, their activation is due to the spread of Christianity. It is emphasized that, most likely, for this reason -/pagan has become quite often replaced by all other parts of complex names of diseases. The question is raised that the studied Vepsian names of diseases, in addition, can be considered as a kind of moral code of behavior of the ancient Vepsians, since they illustrate the punishments that could be imposed by the elements of the forest, water and wind for inappropriate human behavior. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-88534323edaa40bfa479ceb2cfd975b42024-03-25T14:31:03ZrusTsentr nauchnykh i obrazovatelnykh proektovНаучный диалог2225-756X2227-12952020-12-01111536610.24224/2227-1295-2020-11-53-661703“Forest Nose”, “Nose of Wind”, “Curse of Water”: Mythology at the Service of the Nomination (Vepsian Names for Diseases Emanating from Forest Spirits, Water and Wind)O. Yu. Zhukova0N. G. Zaitseva1Institute of Linguistics, Literature and History of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ILLH KarRC RAS); Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Petrozavodsk State University”Institute of Linguistics, Literature and History of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ILLH KarRC RAS)Vepsian designations of some diseases, according to popular beliefs, sent to a person by three active elements — forest spirits (mec), water (vezi) and wind (tullei) — for disobedience, bad behavior in the forest, in the water, in nature are considered. The authors note that all names are complex words with a mythological background that are of interest in relation to the principles of the nomination. It is indicated that the first components of such words are usually referred to as “subject of influence”; the second components are the naming of the “result of the action”: -/nena ‘nose; letters. edge of impact’, -/išketiž ‘impact, blow’, -/tegend ~ -/tegotiž ‘directed punishment, deed’, -/ehtind ‘sending illness’. The presented analysis results indicate that only the components -/kibu, -/kibuine ‘pain’ and -/pagan ‘rotten; pagan’ (< paganyi (nasty) Russian) are neutral and, obviously, their activation is due to the spread of Christianity. It is emphasized that, most likely, for this reason -/pagan has become quite often replaced by all other parts of complex names of diseases. The question is raised that the studied Vepsian names of diseases, in addition, can be considered as a kind of moral code of behavior of the ancient Vepsians, since they illustrate the punishments that could be imposed by the elements of the forest, water and wind for inappropriate human behavior.https://www.nauka-dialog.ru/jour/article/view/2138vepsian languagenominationetymologymythologyfolklorelanguage contacts |
| spellingShingle | O. Yu. Zhukova N. G. Zaitseva “Forest Nose”, “Nose of Wind”, “Curse of Water”: Mythology at the Service of the Nomination (Vepsian Names for Diseases Emanating from Forest Spirits, Water and Wind) Научный диалог vepsian language nomination etymology mythology folklore language contacts |
| title | “Forest Nose”, “Nose of Wind”, “Curse of Water”: Mythology at the Service of the Nomination (Vepsian Names for Diseases Emanating from Forest Spirits, Water and Wind) |
| title_full | “Forest Nose”, “Nose of Wind”, “Curse of Water”: Mythology at the Service of the Nomination (Vepsian Names for Diseases Emanating from Forest Spirits, Water and Wind) |
| title_fullStr | “Forest Nose”, “Nose of Wind”, “Curse of Water”: Mythology at the Service of the Nomination (Vepsian Names for Diseases Emanating from Forest Spirits, Water and Wind) |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Forest Nose”, “Nose of Wind”, “Curse of Water”: Mythology at the Service of the Nomination (Vepsian Names for Diseases Emanating from Forest Spirits, Water and Wind) |
| title_short | “Forest Nose”, “Nose of Wind”, “Curse of Water”: Mythology at the Service of the Nomination (Vepsian Names for Diseases Emanating from Forest Spirits, Water and Wind) |
| title_sort | forest nose nose of wind curse of water mythology at the service of the nomination vepsian names for diseases emanating from forest spirits water and wind |
| topic | vepsian language nomination etymology mythology folklore language contacts |
| url | https://www.nauka-dialog.ru/jour/article/view/2138 |
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