TYPOLOGY OF PROPER NAMES USED IN ONEGA HEROIC POEMS AND “KALEVALA” EPOS Cover Image

ТИПОЛОГИЯ ИМЕН ГЕРОЕВ ОНЕЖСКИХ БЫЛИН И «КАЛЕВАЛЫ»
TYPOLOGY OF PROPER NAMES USED IN ONEGA HEROIC POEMS AND “KALEVALA” EPOS

Author(s): V. V. Baykova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Петрозаводский государственный университет
Keywords: etymon; proper nouns; epos; typology; onomastics; loci

Summary/Abstract: Topology of etymons forming the basis of some proper names found in Onego heroic poems and “Kalevala” epos is provided. The similarities and differences of the epic spatial organization, as well as some peculiarities of various onomastic systems are studied. The use of the cross-cultural approach helped to compare the two epic poems on the onomastic level and to defi ne signifi cant features of linguistic thinking inherent to different ethnic groups, as well as to reveal the particular and the general in their cultures.