Vyacheslav Mizin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3984524 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vyacheslav Mizin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vyacheslav |
| FAMILY NAME | Mizin |
| SIGNATURE | MIZIN V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Geophysical Survey |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
‘Babylons’: Toponyms and symbolism of stone labyrinths in Arctic Russia
In Russian research in recent years there has been a revision of many ideas about the stone labyrinths on the coasts of the White and Barents Seas, especially regarding claims concerning the ‘prehistoric’ dating and the ‘sacred’ meaning of stone labyrinths. Against this background, the paper examines the previously little-studied issue of Pomorian names of stone labyrinths and the possible symbolism of stone labyrinths in northern Russia in the c…
Footprint Stones: Summarizing a Century of Petrosomatoglyphic Study
In different parts of the world humanity’s relationship with the natural environment, especially stone, has been expressed in different ways. People worshipped natural rocks, adorned rock surfaces with markings, and erected megalithic structures of both natural and dressed stones. This paper focuses on one often minimally noted aspect of the relationship we have had with rocks – namely, footprint stones. In some places human footprints were delib…
Stone Cairns and Simulacra: Navigation, Folklore, and Tradition in the Arctic
Stone cairns and named natural rock forms are known in all regions of the Arctic—Iceland, Finland, Russia, Canada—and are known by various names such as seids, guriys, hakurs. These stone structures vary in function, sometimes multifunctional, being navigational landmarks in the tundra or along coastlines, sacred objects or repositories, messaging posts, memorials, and are often associated with folklore. In this article I examine these issues, de…
Selected Sacred Stones and Stone Lore in Northwestern Russia
Megalithic monuments have always attracted people's attention, resulting in many of them acquiring specific folklore. This simple note considers the similarity of the megalithic folklore of Western Europe and folklore of primarily natural sacred stones in Eastern Europe (Russia, Poland, Belarus, Lithuania, etc.). Specifically, here in this note, examples of some natural sacred places, traditions, and the few megaliths of northwestern Russia are g…
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Selected Sacred Stones and Stone Lore in Northwestern Russia
Megalithic monuments have always attracted people's attention, resulting in many of them acquiring specific folklore. This simple note considers the similarity of the megalithic folklore of Western Europe and folklore of primarily natural sacred stones in Eastern Europe (Russia, Poland, Belarus, Lithuania, etc.). Specifically, here in this note, examples of some natural sacred places, traditions, and the few megaliths of northwestern Russia are g…
Stone Cairns and Simulacra: Navigation, Folklore, and Tradition in the Arctic
Stone cairns and named natural rock forms are known in all regions of the Arctic—Iceland, Finland, Russia, Canada—and are known by various names such as seids, guriys, hakurs. These stone structures vary in function, sometimes multifunctional, being navigational landmarks in the tundra or along coastlines, sacred objects or repositories, messaging posts, memorials, and are often associated with folklore. In this article I examine these issues, de…
Footprint Stones: Summarizing a Century of Petrosomatoglyphic Study
In different parts of the world humanity’s relationship with the natural environment, especially stone, has been expressed in different ways. People worshipped natural rocks, adorned rock surfaces with markings, and erected megalithic structures of both natural and dressed stones. This paper focuses on one often minimally noted aspect of the relationship we have had with rocks – namely, footprint stones. In some places human footprints were delib…
‘Babylons’: Toponyms and symbolism of stone labyrinths in Arctic Russia
In Russian research in recent years there has been a revision of many ideas about the stone labyrinths on the coasts of the White and Barents Seas, especially regarding claims concerning the ‘prehistoric’ dating and the ‘sacred’ meaning of stone labyrinths. Against this background, the paper examines the previously little-studied issue of Pomorian names of stone labyrinths and the possible symbolism of stone labyrinths in northern Russia in the c…
Archaeology (4 works) · History (4 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Arctic (2 works) · Folklore (2 works) · Geology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Indigenous Studies and Ecology (2 works) · Megalith (2 works)