UDC 008. 130.2
Yevhen Prychepii
Institute for Cultural Research of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, Kyiv.
ORCID ID 0000-0002-5363-1004
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37627/2311-9489-24-2023-2.91-116
Keywords: symbols of the Moon of the Stone Age, three- and seven-membered symmetrical structures of symbols.
Abstract.
Insight into the semantics of symbols and ornaments that conveyed the cycle of the Moon is important for understanding the worldview of people of the Stone Age. The purpose of the article is to identify the symbols that conveyed the cycle of the Moon and establish their semantics. The structural method was used in the research. The author’s concept is outlined, according to which the cycle of the Moon in ancient times was conveyed by a three- and seven-member structure of symbols, which was characterized by a symmetrical arrangement of symbols and the combination of three or seven symbols into a single whole. A number of symbol structures on the ceramic products of the Trypilians and on the artifacts of other early farmers of Old Europe, which can convey the cycle of the moon, have been analyzed. Similar three- and seven-membered structures were found in the ornaments of Podillya towels. It is shown that the concept of three- and seven-membered structures of the symbols of the cycle of the Moon can be the key to insight into the semantics of many structures of archaic symbols and ornaments, and can also serve to explain the origin of triads of goddesses (like the three Moiras, etc.) in mythology.
Authors Biography.
Yevhen Prychepii, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, рrofessor, Institute for Cultural Research of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, Kyiv.
sharapann@ukr.net
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Published: 2023
Section: UKRAINIAN CULTURE.