Geospatial images in the traditional culture of northern Tungus

Alekseeva Evdokia

The article on the basis of ethnographic and field materials highlights the geospatial images of the Evens and Evenks. It is shown that the objects of the geo-landscape (mountains, rivers) reveal their original mental map of space. The development of vast territories of Siberia contributed to the formation of a special world view of the Tungus, worldview, the formation of a unique picture of the world.

Keywords:Yakutia; Evens and Evenks; traditional culture; cultural landscape; geospatial images, traditional picture of the world, mental map of space.