The Sakha People’s Territorial Identity: Images, Symbols, Metaphors
Danilova Nataliya Ksenofontovna
Institute for the Humanities Research and Indigenous Studies of the North of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Submitted: 04.11.2019
Abstract. The article examines the basic symbolic characteristics participating in the Northern Yakuts’ territorial identity formation. The author analyses meta-geographical images, concepts and myths, which come out as the basic units describing the image of a certain territory. The findings have allowed the author to develop a basic conception of the Northern Yakuts’ territorial identity. The conclusion is made that the concepts NORTH/COLD/MOUNTAIN serve as the key ethnic identity markers and as a basis of the Northern Yakuts’ national and cultural narrative.
Key words and phrases: северные якуты, идентичность, локальные культуры, сакральный ландшафт, символические образы, Northern Yakuts, identity, local cultures, sacral landscape, symbolic images
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