Pásztor Emília (szerk.): Sámánizmus és természethit régen és ma - Bajai dolgozatok 23. (Baja, 2019)

Pásztor Emília: A bronzkori hidelmek és a természet kapcsolata a Kárpát-medencében

The Relationship of Bronze Age Beliefs and Nature in the Carpathian Basin

The indigenous Chukchi people's idea of the world (people living in the northeastern corner of Asia) provides an interesting example of using headdresses: “...the Polar Star is placed in the middle. Four lines extend from it in the main directions of the compass. The Dawn, the Evening, and the Darkness have worlds of their own, represented as large mountains. The Dawn (in the left-hand corner, below) has rays around his head. He holds in his left hand a tray, which was offered to him with a sacrifice, and in his right hand a fox, which he is going to give in exchange. From his left, another fox is approaching: and on his right a dog which had been sacrificed by men sits looking up at him. These two animals are also to be exchanged. Two other sacrificial trays lie on the ground. The Evening and his family (in the opposite corner, above) are celebrating the feast of the sea-god. They wear ceremonial headbands.

Fig. 7. Bird-shaped pot with breasts from tell settlement (Füzesabony-Öregdomb) Middle Bronze Age (1900-1700 BC). © Hungarian National Museum.

7. kép Női mellekkel ellátott madártestű edény teli-településről (Füzesabony-Öregdomb) Középső bronzkor (Kr. e. 1900-1700). © Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum.

Fig. 8. Human-faced, bird-shaped vessel from a grave (Tiszafüred-Majoroshalom), Middle Bronze Age (1900-1700 BC). © Hungarian National Museum.

8. kép Emberarcú, madártestü edény sírból (Tiszafüred-Majoroshalom), középső bronzkor (Kr. e. 1900-1700). © Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum.