INTERPRETATION OF THE NAME HOSEJ, ONE OF THE KET MYTHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS

Werner Н. K.

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In the Ket mythology there is a mysterious mythological character named Hosej. To understand Hosej’s character, his role and place in the Ket pantheon, it’s necessary to discuss the image of his mother, Hosejdam and to study the relation of these two characters to the other two in Ket mythology, namely to BaKam “Mother Earth” and BaKdihop “Son of Earth”.

Keywords: Ket mythology, matriarchal, patriarchal relations, ancestor of all living things, chthonic deity, world tree, typologically similar motifs, etymology, sound correspondence, Scythian, Iranian mythology.

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Issue: 9, 2011

Series of issue: Issue 9

Rubric: Paleoasian Languages

Pages: 150 — 155

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