The Tree of Aal Luuk Mas: Semiotic Interpretation of the Mythological Image in Olonkho Epic Revisited by Marianna T. Satanar

“…The stadial research shows that Olonkho texts contain fragments of mythological cosmogenesis, archaic motifs of the world egg, world sea, elements of zoomorphic space, anthropomorphic characters to have preceded the era of the Tree ― to further shape a complex image of Aal Luuk mas as a model that structures a multilevel Universe. …”
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PHRASEOLOGISMS WITH ORNITHONYMS IN THE LEXICAL SYSTEM OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE by Nataliia M. Tymoshchuk

“…The phraseological units denoting birds have similar features as they describe the physical characteristics, behavior and habits of birds, signs related to the use of food, as well as subjective perceptions of humans about the birds and the tradition of the use of certain species of birds in human food, the diversity of zoomorphic metaphors. The phraseological units were analyzed considering their structure and semantics on the basis of their structural and semantic classification according to O.V. …”
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Ontology and iconography in Egyptian religious compositions: composite figures in the Amduat, Book of Two Ways, and apotropaic wands c. 2000-1400 BCE by Miller, JS

“…The composite figure is suggested to be an emic category whose conceptual implications distinguish it from other uses of conjoined elements as a graphic schema, enabling zoomorphic composites to be related to other schemas, notably personifications. …”

Akinakai de tip Soloha în contextul unei noi descoperiri de la Nistrul de Jos by Denis TOPAL, Stanislav ŢERNA, Sergiu POPOVICI

“…An akinakes-type iron sword decorated in zoomorphic style was placed across the hips, with the hilt in the left hand. …”
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The 18th century Tobolsk tiles from the Governor's Palace by Danilov P.G.

“…Two of the latter have zoomorphic drawings of birds and the third one depicts a planter. …”
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Stone inventory discovered at a Mesolithic site in the North of Western Siberia by Serikov Yu.В., Balueva Y.V., Konovalenko M.V.

“…A distinctive feature of the site consists in its geometric microliths, archaic concave retouched burins, bifacial and pebbles depicting various zoomorphic shapes. In terms of technical and typological characteristics, the data obtained from the Bolshoi Salym 4 settlement is fully consistent with the excavation data from other Western Siberian sites. …”
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Images: Cognitive Mechanism, Poetics, Semiosphere by Larisa A. Shestak

“…The scientific novelty of the study lies in the identification of the mechanism of semantic syntagmatics of direct and figurative meanings of lexemes (iteration of denotative, connotative and potential semes; semantic consistency - compatibility of thematic zones “anthropomorphic metaphor - artifact metaphor, anthropomorphic metaphor - naturalmorphic metaphor, phytomorphic metaphor - zoomorphic metaphor”, etc.), as well as in establishing the semiotic evolution of the civilizational meanings of cultural paradigms - the historical transformation, due to the loss of denotations and referents, of the names of denotations into the characteristics of a wide range of objects: патрицианский профиль А.Ахматовой (M. …”
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In The Context of Turkish Culture Animal Symbolism in Heterodox Dervishes / Türk Kültürü Bağlamında Heterodoks Dervişlerde Hayvan Sembolizmi by Meriç Harmancı

“…The animal motifs in the zoomorphic world design of the Turks, in the myths of descent, in the narratives as guides and assistants, overlap with the names of some dervishes in the Sufi literatüre. …”
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Reflexiones y problemáticas en torno al estudio de los signos rupestres paleolíticos by Alberto Mingo Álvarez

“…</p><p>The representations of signs have been frequently relegated to a background by the historiography of the paleolithic art that has given preference to the study of the zoomorphic and anthropomorphous figures. Nevertheless, from middle of the 20th century the importance that researchers grant to these images has been increasing gradually. …”
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Gender Stereotypes in Turkic Languages: Features of Phraseological Modeling by Bakytzhanova Altyn K., Shokym Gulzhan T., Burankulova Elmira T., Muratbek Bagila K., Yesbergenova Gulnar I., Kushkarova Gulmira K.

“…A significant part of phraseological units express gender stereotypes through the following components of cultural codes — astronomical, zoomorphic, somatic, vestimentary, gastronomic, color and physical ones — that are characteristic of each language and gender separately.…”
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Archaeological research at Pietroasa Mică – Gruiu Dării (2019–2020). The Late Eneolithic period by Grigoraș, L., Munteanu, R., Garvăn, D., Dumitrașcu, V.

“…Numerous and varied archaeological materials were discovered in the Eneolithic depositions of S11 : pottery sherds (Cucuteni B2 and alike Cernavoda Ic) ; vessels ; zoomorphic and anthropomorphic plastic art ; loom weights ; tools made of hard materials (stone, bone and antler) ; adornments and/or pendants ; various items of uncertain functionalities. …”

Zoomorfismos, botanismos, gastronomismos: é assim que devem ser classificados os fraseologismos? by Lúcia Monteiro de Barros Fulgêncio

“…A classification has been proposed that includes terms such as <em>zoomorphisms, botanisms, indumentisms, somatisms </em>and <em>gastronomisms</em>, for example. …”
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Lugar de paso, memorias antiguas. El yacimiento del Arroyo de las Almas (La Fregeneda, Salamanca) y su arte rupestre Paleolítico al aire libre = Place of Passage, Ancient Memories.... by Mario Reis, Carlos Vázquez Marcos

“…We present a detailed analysis of the Upper Palaeolithic art of the site, corresponding to 21 registered figures in 5 rocks, all engraved by incision and corresponding to 13 zoomorphic figures, 7 signs and 1 undetermined motif, as well as groups of non-figurative lines. …”
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Chronological sequence of megalithic burial complexes of the Eneolithic in the Velikaya Aleksandrovka burial mound by Daragan, M.N., Polin, S.V., Svoyski, Yu.M.

“…Here, the earliest burials of the Velikaya Alexandrovka Mound (No.22-24, and No.7) with associated megalithic structures (stone circles No.1 & No.2) are discussed. Also, zoomorphic images representing an aurochs and a scene with dogs chasing a wild boar were found engraved on two slabs from the cromlech No.1. …”
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URAL AND WEST SIBERIAN HOARDS (BRONZE AGE — EARLY IRON AGE): COMPOSITION, CONTEXT AND INTERPRETATION by O.N. Korochkova, N.V. Fedorova

“…In addition, bronze mirrors and plates having concentric ornaments, zoomorphic and anthropomorphic images were found in all complexes. …”
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TECHNIQUES FOR REVEALING 3D HIDDEN ARCHEOLOGICAL FEATURES: MORPHOLOGICAL RESIDUAL MODELS AS VIRTUAL-POLYNOMIAL TEXTURE MAPS by H. Pires, J. Martínez Rubio, A. Elorza Arana

“…<br><br> The results of this research project are presented and discussed using the two case-studies aforementioned, a Latin inscription from a Roman sanctuary in the north of Portugal and a engraved panel with zoomorphic motifs from a rock art site in the north border of Portugal.…”
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AS DELICADAS E MINIATURIZADAS PINTURAS RUPESTRES DO SÍTIO ARQUEOLÓGICO EXPULSAR II, QUITERIANÓPOLIS, CEARÁ, BRASIL (The Delicate and Miniaturized Rock Paintings from the Expulsar I... by Lucineide Marquis, Luis Carlos Duarte Cavalcante, Sônia Maria Campelo Magalhães, Heralda Kelis Sousa Bezerra da Silva, Bruna Gomes Brito

“…The figures are miniaturized, and have been identified as anthropomorphs, zoomorphs (among which jaguar, cervids, birds and rheas), and abstract motifs, in addition to some ink stains without a defined outline. …”
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Latenski pasni sponi z dvorišča SAZU v Ljubljani by Ivan Puš

“…La boucle de la fig. 1 a une forme anthropomorphe, le crochet pour l’agrafage à la boucle de la fig. 2 a une forme zoomorphe Les boucles des formes indiquées sont rares en Slovénie,6 mais on les trouve plus souvent dans les pays voisins, aussi bien à l’est7 qu’au nord8 et à l’ouest,9 et elles correspondent aux nôtres, aussi bien par leur forme que par leur fonction. …”
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Los ídolos calcolíticos de «La PijOtilia» (Badajoz) by Víctor HURTADO

“…They have been divided into different types so there is a great variety among them: stone baetyls, idol-plaques, phalanges with decoration, eye-flat idols, anthropomorphic figurines, biconic ones, those called pine-cones, zoomorphic figures and others of difficult typology. …”
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PEDRA DA INSCRIÇÃO: ARTE RUPESTRE NO PARQUE NACIONAL DE SETE CIDADES, BRASIL (Pedra da Inscrição: Rock Art in Sete Cidades National Park, Brazil) by Luis Carlos Duarte Cavalcante, Ellen Vitória de Freitas, Carlos Daniel da Cruz Carvalho, José Weverton Lima de Sousa

“…A detailed examination of the pictorial panels revealed 54 distinguishable figures and 33 ink stains with no defined outline. 32 hand stamps were identified (of which 5 left hand stamps and 8 right hand stamps stand out), 1 anthropomorph, 1 zoomorph and 1 phytomorph, as well as 13 geometric figures and 6 abstract figures. …”
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