Horse-Headed” Staffs and the Cult of the Horse Head in Northwestern Asia in the 2nd Millennium Bc
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6037800 |
|---|---|
| Authors | I V Kovtun, И В Ковтун (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 95-105 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeology Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1563-0110 • E-ISSN: 1531-832X |
| Publisher | Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.aeae.2013.04.010 |
| OpenAlex | W2050945735 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
This article analyzes the semantics of staffs with the sculptural representations of horse heads. Such staffs were discovered in the steppe and forest-steppe Ob-Irtysh region; they date back to the beginning or the first half of the 2nd millennium BC. Stylistically early and later objects are identified. The study provides some parallels with Siberian ethnographic data and the mythology of the Indo-European peoples. The Indo-Aryan semantic content of the Vedic mythological tradition is used for interpreting the meaning of the staffs. The article suggests that the semantic range of the “horse-headed” stone staffs and the Seima-Turbino pommel belongs to the worldview of the carriers of the Indo- Aryan dialects
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Cult · Ethnography · Ethnology · Geography · Literature · Meaning (existential · Mythology · Parallels · Ancient Near East History · Engineering · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Linguistics and language evolution · Psychology · Classics · History
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |