HILL MARI HOUSEHOLD OMENS WITH NEUTRAL MEANING

Irina V. Trubyanova1; Tatyana N. Belyaeva2*; Elena L. Yandakova3; Marianna V. Ryabinina4; Galina L. Sokolova5 & Anna L. Kolyago6
1 Assoc. Prof., Mari State University, Russia, opleva@mail.ru
2 Assoc. Prof., Mari State University, Russia, sokolova_beljaeva@mail.ru
3 Assoc. Prof., Mari State University, Russia, jandar78@mail.ru
4 Asst. Prof., Mari State University, Russia, mari.riabinina@yandex.ru
5 Assoc. Prof., Mari State University, Russia, askgalinasokol@mail.ru
6 Assoc. Prof., Mari State University, Russia, kolyago@yandex.ru
*Corresponding author

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of household omens in the Hill Mari language. The reasons of appearance and meanings of these omens are presented with the view of historical, cultural and ethnographical premises. The list of resources with the mention of countryside community of informants is enclosed. Published works of collected omens were also used as a resource. The omens were divided into groups according to the meaning of the main clause, expressing the result of a certain condition. The following groups of the Hill Mari household omens were pointed out: 1) omens predicting the arrival of guests; 2) omens about a future husband and marriage; 3) omens protecting from an evil eye; 4) omens predicting the sex of a newborn baby; 5) omens predicting news and letters; 6) omens about a person’s character; 7) omens about an upcoming feast; 8) omens about means of treating diseases; 9) other omens. Omens with other household meanings found in single examples are referred to the miscellaneous group. These omens express money attraction, hair growth, colloquy, remembrance of a person by other people. Based on quantitative data, ratio of household omen groups was deduced and presented in a diagram. As it is commonly considered, the most numerous groups express the most essential spheres of people’s life. These are omens predicting future married life, coming guests, and defense from an evil eye. The syntactic structure of the Hill Mari household omens is analyzed on the basis of works of the Mari language researchers. Household omens reflect the most ordinary aspects of people’s everyday life. They form the basis for historical, linguistic, cultural and ethnographic determination of the Hill Mari national traditions, way of life, folklore, as omens are purely folk heritage.

Keywords: the Hill Mari language, household omen, groups of omens, ratio of omens, historical, ethnographic, cultural meaning of omens.



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CITATION: Abstracts & Proceedings of INTCESS 2018- 5th International Conference on Education and Social Sciences, 5-7 February 2018- Istanbul, Turkey

ISBN: 978-605-82433-2-3