The museum displays a map of the Beloyarsky district, made on a tanned cow skin. The map shows the settlements and sacred places of the Kazym and Polnovat Khanty people.
According to the mythology of the Khanty people, the world consists of three parts: The Upper world with Patron Gods, the Middle world, inhabited by people, and the Lower World with the spirits of diseases. The Khanty consider the Great God Torum to be the main deity. They believe that Torum skis along the Milky Way. He oversees the world order and punishes those who violate ancient laws. Torum is revered in the settlements located in the upper reaches of the Kazym River.
The map can be divided into two parts: the Kazym and Polnovat territories. The Khanty people believe that the patron saint of the Kazym territory is the Kazym Goddess.
According to their legend, gods, the children of the supreme deity Torum, once descended into the world of people and divided the whole Earth among themselves. The Kazym land had been empty until the capricious daughter of Torum arrived. Soon after that, she became the Kazim Goddess. She threw a scallop at the mouth of the river so that evil spirits would not enter her domain, and since then, these places have been under her protection.
According to the legend, the Kazym Goddess used to live in the lower reaches of the Ob river long ago. She was married to a mortal Nenets man and even had children with him. One day she went on a trip along the Kazym River, accompanied by a huge retinue She left her children at the sites of the camps to protect the lands and their inhabitants. The Khanty consider these places sacred and come there for worship rites.
The goddess settled in the village of Yuilsk. The Khanty people believe that in this place, nature embodies the Kazym goddess. For example, her chain mail became the scales of a fish, and her braids turned into tree roots.
According to the mythology of the Khanty people, the world consists of three parts: The Upper world with Patron Gods, the Middle world, inhabited by people, and the Lower World with the spirits of diseases. The Khanty consider the Great God Torum to be the main deity. They believe that Torum skis along the Milky Way. He oversees the world order and punishes those who violate ancient laws. Torum is revered in the settlements located in the upper reaches of the Kazym River.
The map can be divided into two parts: the Kazym and Polnovat territories. The Khanty people believe that the patron saint of the Kazym territory is the Kazym Goddess.
According to their legend, gods, the children of the supreme deity Torum, once descended into the world of people and divided the whole Earth among themselves. The Kazym land had been empty until the capricious daughter of Torum arrived. Soon after that, she became the Kazim Goddess. She threw a scallop at the mouth of the river so that evil spirits would not enter her domain, and since then, these places have been under her protection.
According to the legend, the Kazym Goddess used to live in the lower reaches of the Ob river long ago. She was married to a mortal Nenets man and even had children with him. One day she went on a trip along the Kazym River, accompanied by a huge retinue She left her children at the sites of the camps to protect the lands and their inhabitants. The Khanty consider these places sacred and come there for worship rites.
The goddess settled in the village of Yuilsk. The Khanty people believe that in this place, nature embodies the Kazym goddess. For example, her chain mail became the scales of a fish, and her braids turned into tree roots.
The Khanty people consider the son of Torum named Hin Iki to be the patron of the second territory marked on the map, the Polnovat land, the village of Vanzevat. He rules the Lower World, the world of the spirits of diseases, so the Khanty worship him, perform rituals in his honor, and ask him for health. According to the legend, Hin Iki appears to people in the form of a black raven.
