THE CULT OF THE WOLF IN THE CULTURE OF THE POPULATION OF THE KAZAKHSTAN URAL OF THE 6TH-4TH CENTURIES BC


КУЛЬТ ВОЛКА В КУЛЬТУРЕ НАСЕЛЕНИЯ КАЗАХСТАНСКОГО ПРИУРАЛЬЯ VI-IV ВВ. ДО Н.Э
Lukpanova Y.A.
2021Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan, A.Kh. Khalikov Archaeology Institute

Arkheologiia Evraziiskikh Stepei
2021Issue 6132 - 147 pp.

The paper discusses the features of the burial rite and inventory associated with the wolfs image, and analyzes the wolfs image in art, cult and beliefs. In the animal style of the Kazakhstan Urals, the image of a wolf and individual parts of its body are frequently found in male and female burials on weapons, bridles, mirrors, piercers, finials, and altars. Wolfs teeth, fangs, paws and jaw are found as part of jewelry, in ritual burial complexes, they were used in rites and rituals, and as amulets. The wolf and its image are considered not only a symbol, but also one of the important components of the funeral rite, reflecting the status of a person. In the culture of the peoples, the wolfs image was endowed with supernatural characteristics, it was a mythological image, and it was sacralized. Military unions formed in the early nomadic society after the initiation rite were created on the principle of a wolf pack, and warriors were referred to as dog warriors. The wolf is considered a symbol and one of the important components of the funeral rite. The body parts of a wolf in the burials reflected the totemistic views of the early nomads of the Ural region.

archaeology , burial , cult , haoma , Kazakhstans Urals , mound , rite , ritual , semantics , wolf

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