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EARTH–WATER

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EARTH–WATER is a dual mythologized deity in female image, protector of nature pow­ ers; an image of the Motherland. It combines male and female principles, includes the unity of time and space, a person and nature. Thus, a healing Bashkir spell describes the ancient origin of the mother­earth with a metaphorical image of a ginger beard as its color; it the same as the color of soil: “Mother of earth – a red beard! / Drink it, eat it!” Similar motifs are typ ical for “Tolbuytsy” Bashkir legend. The heal­ ing spells registered by G.F. Vildanov contain the names of spheres and their colors – Mother of Earth, Mother of Water and Mother of Sky: “Mother of Earth ­ red beard, / Mother of wa­ ter – grey beard, / Mother of Sky – blue beard, / Navel of the earth – is a single road. / A shawl for the Earth, / Healthy body – for me, / If you catch me – set me free, / I place it for a dzhin, not for the earth. / Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!” “Anthem to the Urals” kubair praises the Motherland – the sacred land of the ancestors: “Oh, sacred land! / My father was a groom on this land, / My mother was a bride on this land, / My umbilical cord was cut on this land...”. Uzak-Tuzak - the last of the balabashnyaksfolklore epic presents the idea of blood­kinship close relations and unity of E.­W. and the human body: “Earth­Water is the beating of my heart, / Earth­water is my best friend, / The memory of my father, / The strength of my hands, / The feeling of my heart. / But I look for the only – / man like me. / The soul of Earth­Water and Adam – / My, Uzak’s companion and pair. / The body of Earth­ Water is a man, / A man’s pair and essence is Earth­Water”. The deification of Z.­W. is con­ nected with the archaic belief that a human was created with soil. The Motherland is sacred, its nature is praised in Bashkir ethnic songs.

R.A. Sultangareyeva

Publication date: 20.04.2021
Last updated: 20.04.2021