Continuity and Peculiarities in Proto-Kazakh and Ancient Indian Early Religious Beliefs

A comparative study of the mythological picture of the world, early forms of religion allows us to identify common features characteristic of the worldview and spiritual guidelines of mankind as a whole. These features can be traced in archaic ideas about the structure of the universe, in understanding their spiritual and bodily essence, the infinity of God and the eternity of the soul, the relationship and interdependence of life forms in the world. This allows us to assert the thesis of the unity of mankind in its spiritual origins, despite racial and ethnic diversity. In the process of a comparative analysis of mythology, early forms of religion, the concept of God, the pantheon and the function of the gods, similar moments and ethnological specifics of understanding the essence of the soul and reincarnation in totemistic beliefs, in cosmological and theogonistic concepts are revealed. The author also analyzes the role and significance of the cult of ancestors, traces the evolution of the idea of proto-monotism (the creative function of Tengri and Brahma, the intention of henotheistic faith) and its place in religious knowledge.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

totemism, promonotheism, parthenogenesis, Vedic teaching, Tengri, Umai

Continuity and Peculiarities in Proto-Kazakh and Ancient Indian Early Religious Beliefs

Keywords:

totemism, promonotheism, parthenogenesis, Vedic teaching, Tengri, Umai,

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