Sajaani-Altai kultusobjektide astronoomia ja tsentrograafia

• Main Author: Leonid Marsadolov
• Format: Article
• Language: Estonian
• Published: Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum 2011-08-01
• Series: Mäetagused
• Subjects: archaeoastronomy; centrography; megaliths; nomads; pyramids; sacral objects; sanctuary; sphinxes; the Moon; the Sun
• Online Access: http://www.folklore.ee/tagused/nr48/marsadolov.pdf

Not only in settled civilizations, but also among nomads there existed outstanding individuals such as politics, soldiers, wise men, artists and religious figures, sometimes today being considered anonymous. The idea of the Universe is pronounced in detail in the large barrows of the chieftains of Saian-Altai nomad tribes. The centre of large Eurasian regions could be displaced depending on many time-wise and spatial factors. The necessity of astronomical observations, for nomadic peoples of Eurasia, existed in the sacral meaning of time. The celestial bodies, the Sun and the Moon were a part of the cult of the Sky. In the cult monuments of Siberia there was organised a complex system reflecting the relations of an ancient person with the natural environment, Space.