SACRIFICIAL SITE TO VENERATE MIR-SUSNE-KHUM OF OB-RIVER MANSI
The article is devoted to the description of the sacrificial complex in honor of the deity Mirsusne-khum, which was recorded during the field work in 2015 in the Berezovsky district of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous district-Yugra. The complex consists of cover and a heroic helmet, both attributes of the Ob Mansi made from cloth. Dating of the objects held by him attached to the coins and determined the 1920s–1930s are the analogs described previously, the author proposes his own version of the semantics of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures, which are presented at the cover and helmet. The iconography of the Heavenly horseman in the giant helmet reflects the era in which it was made: the figure of a deity endowed with the equipment and apparel specific to the Red army 1930-ies.
Keywords: Mansi, helmet, cover, sacrifice, tradition
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Issue: 2, 2016
Series of issue: Issue 2
Rubric: ANTHROPOLOGY
Pages: 65 — 72
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