Formation of the Talysh Ethnos Worldview under Geoethnic Conservation Area Conditions

Authors

  • Azer A. Mamedov
  • Аleksandr B. Orishev
  • Igor Yu. Zalysin
  • Tatyana N. Fomina
  • Anna A. Paikidze

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7596/taksad.v7i2.1604

Keywords:

Talyshes, Worldview, Geoethnic reserve, Talysh culture, Ethnos, Ethnic consciousness, Outlook.

Abstract

Formation and development of the Talysh ethnic consciousness under the conditions of the Talysh ‘geoethnic reserve’ have been analyzed. Certain ethnoforming elements of the Talysh culture, i.e. factors promoting preservation of the basic constants of the Talysh ethnic consciousness, have been revealed. On the one hand, it is a cult of rocks, stones, groves and trees, and on the other hand it is worship of air, water, land and fire, which with the appearance of Zoroastrianism at first, and later of Shia Muslim, were not absorbed and peripheralized, but filled with new religious and ethical contents presenting moral and esthetic ideals of the Talysh people. The role of a myth and religion as an obligatory early stage of formation of the Talysh ethnic culture has been determined; regularities of formation of the Talysh ethnic consciousness have been shown; steps of ethnogenesis and a world view of the Talysh ethnos have been enlightened. Introduction of strange cultural tradition components could not eliminate the existing valuable attitude of ‘the geoethnic reserve’, but right opposite, they created syncretic environment stimulating evolution of the Talysh ethnic consciousness towards world judgment in the system of moral and ethical images considerably enriching the Talysh ethnos outlook. Having been formed this syncretic environment effected significantly the Talysh ethnos social attitude, as well as, predetermined a prevalent character of religious values in Talyshes spiritual and socio-political life.

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Published

2018-07-02

How to Cite

Mamedov, A. A., Orishev А. B., Zalysin, I. Y., Fomina, T. N., & Paikidze, A. A. (2018). Formation of the Talysh Ethnos Worldview under Geoethnic Conservation Area Conditions. Journal of History Culture and Art Research, 7(2), 155-167. https://doi.org/10.7596/taksad.v7i2.1604