Historical and cultural problems of northern countries and regions ¹ 4 (28), 2014
Historical and cultural problems
of northern countries and regions
Scientific articles
The three worlds of the universe in the Yakut heroic epos - olonkho «Nurgun Rapidly Bootur» and of the Scandinavian Peninsula
Chemezov V.E.1
Abstract
À result of matching, the locations of the upper, middle and lower worlds in the universe, and their climatic conditions, described in the Yakut heroic EPOS - olonkho «Nurgun Rapidly Bootur», the geographic and climatic conditions of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Author makes the conclusion that the olonkho describes how worlds Universe Sweden (Sweden and Denmark), Norway and Iceland.
Keywords: Yakut heroic epos – olonkho, upper, middle and lower worlds, the Scandinavian Peninsula.
1Chemezov V.E. Chief expert of the Yakutsk branch of the FBU "State Commission on mineral resources”. Khabarova str., 17/1, apt. 79, 677000, Yakutsk, Russian Federation.
E-mail: v.chemezov@mail.ru
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