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Études Celtiques, 2022

The Hill of Uisnech (Mod. Ir. Uisneach) had a special significance in ancient and medieval Irelan... more The Hill of Uisnech (Mod. Ir. Uisneach) had a special significance in ancient and medieval Ireland. Both its natural features and man-made structures contributed to its status as a famous central point of the island. The Iron Age penannular enclosure on top of the hill served as a sanctuary where sacrifices were offered, and this implies the presence of sacrificers on the site. In the eleventh-twelfth century Dindshenchas of Mide, ‘the druids of Ireland gathered together in one house’ at Uisnech, and their tongues were then cut out as a punishment for their upheaval and buried in the hill. The druids were not only deprived of their speech, but their speech and their oral tradition were hidden in the chthonic depths of the island. The sitting ritual in the Dindshenchas reflects a more subtle equilibrium of relations between mind and speech. In Mide’s action, when he sits on top of the tongues, mind symbolically dominates speech. Thus, the tale reflects that stage in Irish cultural history when reason and mind embodied in the written text took over from older customs expressed in orality and ritual.

Dimensions and Categories of Celticity. Studies in Literature and Culture. Studia Celto-Slavica V , 2010

Studia Celto-Slavica 2, 2009

O.Introduction BQth Early Irish and Russian mythQIQgical traditiQns demQnstrate a particular exam... more O.Introduction BQth Early Irish and Russian mythQIQgical traditiQns demQnstrate a particular example .ofan extraQrdinary character shQwing sup~rnatural features as well as the features .ofa chthQnic mQnster: it is Cli RQfmac Dmre .onthe Insh slde, and Svya-tQgQr .on the ...

Философские эманации любви, 2019

Mircea Eliade (1907–1986), now known as a scholar of religious studies and a Traditionalist think... more Mircea Eliade (1907–1986), now known as a scholar of religious studies and a Traditionalist thinker, wrote in 1933 in Romanian his first novel 'Maitreyi' reflecting his vivid experience of living and studying in India. Eliade’s 'Maitreyi' is not only and not so much an erotic story of the tragic love of a European scholar for an indigenous woman. With Maitreyi’s help Mircea/Allan tries to stay in India, to become an Indian, to
convert to Hinduism which at some point paradoxically seems to him to be the highest level of Christianity. For a young scholar, Maitreyi serves as a guide to the world of the Indian tradition. More than forty years later, in 1974, Maitreyi Devi (1914–1990) writes in Bengali her answer 'Na Hanyate' ('It Does not Die…'), a biographical novel later translated
into English. The title of her book 'Na Hanyate' (It Does not Die…) is a phrase taken from the Bhagavad Gita (2:20). The whole utterance in English translation sounds as follows: “Unborn, permanent, eternal, ancient, he does not die when the body dies”. The novel not
only concerns immortal Atman but also eternal love.

Zeitschrift fuer celtische Philologie, 2018

Dieser Aufsatz behandelt nicht so sehr Machtsymbole im Sinne moderner, politisch motivierter Konz... more Dieser Aufsatz behandelt nicht so sehr Machtsymbole im Sinne moderner, politisch motivierter
Konzepte als vielmehr die Ursprünge sowohl symbolischer Kunstgegenstände als
auch von Machtvorstellungen in Hinsicht auf Mythologie, Kosmologie und irische Gesellschaftsgeschichte.
Prähistorische Denkmäler und Kunstobjekte, die gewöhnlich mit dem
Königtum in Verbindung gebracht werden, wie etwa Inaugurationssteine, Erdhügel und
-wälle, werden oft uminterpretiert, wenn neue ‘nationale’ oder regionale Dynastien an die
Macht kommen (vgl. hier den Zeitraum vom 5. bis zum 9. Jahrhundert). In manchen Fällen,
die in diesem Aufsatz diskutiert werden (so z. B. in den Texten De ṡíl Chonairi Móir, Lebor
gabála Érenn), haben sowohl literarische als auch politische Eliten materielle Simulacra
neu geschaffen, indem sie in geschickter Weise ihre ‘authentische’ Vergangenheit rekonstruierten.
Gleichwohl sind einige Besonderheiten der Steine und ihre Wahrnehmung durch
die mittelalterlichen Gelehrten von Bedeutung, da sie die Konzepte der Zentralität Taras
und das Königtum von Tara unmittelbar betreffen.

All stories begin with a name, a name that goes back to the roots of myths and legends. The same ... more All stories begin with a name, a name that goes back to the roots of myths and legends. The same is true of the Russian epic tradition, which is full of names, some of which may sound unfamiliar and foreign in other European languages. The West and the East of Europe cautiously look at each other. What kind of ideas and principles can one find in the songs and stories from the Russian woods? How have history and Christianity influenced the Russian folk and epic heritage? These are the questions that we shall confront in our essay.

для студентов, обучающихся по направлению 033000.62 «Культурология») Дисциплина «Введение в кельт... more для студентов, обучающихся по направлению 033000.62 «Культурология») Дисциплина «Введение в кельтологию» преподается студентам факультета иностранных языков и регионоведения МГУ имени М.В. Ломоносова на отделении культурологии как курс по выбору. Данный курс -введение в предмет, дающее общее представление о кельтологии (англ. Celtic Studies) как совокупности гуманитарных дисциплин (археология, история, лингвистика, литературоведение, фольклористика и т.д.), изучающих кельтов, их культурное наследие и кельтские языки. Впоследствии студенты могут углубить полученные знания, прослушав дополнительные курсы «Культура гэльской Шотландии», «Теоретическая грамматика современного шотландского гэльского языка» и «Современный гэльский язык (начальный, средний, продвинутый уровни)», а также курс на английском языке «Storytelling Seminar: How to tell stories», посвященный живой традиции сказительства шотландцев и ирландцев.

для студентов, обучающихся по направлению 033000.62 «Культурология») Дисциплина «История культуры... more для студентов, обучающихся по направлению 033000.62 «Культурология») Дисциплина «История культуры» преподается студентам III и IV курсов отделения культурологии факультета иностранных языков и регионоведения МГУ имени М. В. Ломоносова как базовая часть общепрофессионального блока и является обязательной. Курс лекций по данной дисциплине состоит из четырех частей и призван последовательно изложить историю культуры Древнего мира, Средних веков, Нового и Новейшего времени. Вторая часть -«Культура средневековой Европы» -читается во втором семестре III курса. Эта часть охватывает лишь основные регионы Западной Европы и Византию, т.к. русская культура подробно рассматривается в отдельных курсах, а изучение всей мировой культуры данного периода сделало бы курс лекций слишком поверхностным.

Emania, 2014

Based on the medieval Irish cosmological scheme reflected in ‘The settling of the manor of Tara’,... more Based on the medieval Irish cosmological scheme reflected in ‘The settling of the manor of Tara’,
where social and mental functions are ascribed to each fifth of Ireland (Íaruss fis. tuadus cath. ‘Knowledge
in the west, battle in the north’), the Rees brothers once described Ulster as a warrior province.
Developing this scheme they saw the Táin and the Ulster cycle as an epic cycle centred on a war between
the warrior function (Ulaid) and the priestly function (Connachta, whose main attribute in
DSTT is fis ‘knowledge’). One can pose many objections to this abstract scheme.
As regards the role of the warrior aristocracy in Early Ireland, Sergey Shkunayev, one of the
leading Russian Celtic scholars and the translator of the LL-Táin into Russian, once put forward
his own hypothesis of the ways Ireland was Christianised in the 4th–7th centuries. He compared
the way the warrior aristocracy and local kings supported Christianity in Ireland to the process of
the Buddhist conversion in the Indian subcontinent, the so-called ‘Kshatriya revolution’ (a shift of
power from the priests to a warrior aristocracy).
This article aims at a critical analysis of these hypotheses on the basis of some relevant Hiberno-Latin
and Ulster cycle texts. The author will try to demonstrate that the Ulster cycle originated
in a military aristocratic environment in a state of cultural shift with sympathy towards the
new faith; consequently, the whole cycle as a historical written narrative is based on Christian
chronology and is centred on the earthly life of Jesus Christ.

The authors presents a brief survey of the history of studies of the Ulster Cycle in Russia and R... more The authors presents a brief survey of the history of studies of the Ulster Cycle in Russia and Russian translations of the Ulster tales from the first steps until the current time. 1

Pre-ChriStian Irish culture -as any preliterate society and culture -was

Études Celtiques, 2022

The Hill of Uisnech (Mod. Ir. Uisneach) had a special significance in ancient and medieval Irelan... more The Hill of Uisnech (Mod. Ir. Uisneach) had a special significance in ancient and medieval Ireland. Both its natural features and man-made structures contributed to its status as a famous central point of the island. The Iron Age penannular enclosure on top of the hill served as a sanctuary where sacrifices were offered, and this implies the presence of sacrificers on the site. In the eleventh-twelfth century Dindshenchas of Mide, ‘the druids of Ireland gathered together in one house’ at Uisnech, and their tongues were then cut out as a punishment for their upheaval and buried in the hill. The druids were not only deprived of their speech, but their speech and their oral tradition were hidden in the chthonic depths of the island. The sitting ritual in the Dindshenchas reflects a more subtle equilibrium of relations between mind and speech. In Mide’s action, when he sits on top of the tongues, mind symbolically dominates speech. Thus, the tale reflects that stage in Irish cultural history when reason and mind embodied in the written text took over from older customs expressed in orality and ritual.

Dimensions and Categories of Celticity. Studies in Literature and Culture. Studia Celto-Slavica V , 2010

Studia Celto-Slavica 2, 2009

O.Introduction BQth Early Irish and Russian mythQIQgical traditiQns demQnstrate a particular exam... more O.Introduction BQth Early Irish and Russian mythQIQgical traditiQns demQnstrate a particular example .ofan extraQrdinary character shQwing sup~rnatural features as well as the features .ofa chthQnic mQnster: it is Cli RQfmac Dmre .onthe Insh slde, and Svya-tQgQr .on the ...

Философские эманации любви, 2019

Mircea Eliade (1907–1986), now known as a scholar of religious studies and a Traditionalist think... more Mircea Eliade (1907–1986), now known as a scholar of religious studies and a Traditionalist thinker, wrote in 1933 in Romanian his first novel 'Maitreyi' reflecting his vivid experience of living and studying in India. Eliade’s 'Maitreyi' is not only and not so much an erotic story of the tragic love of a European scholar for an indigenous woman. With Maitreyi’s help Mircea/Allan tries to stay in India, to become an Indian, to
convert to Hinduism which at some point paradoxically seems to him to be the highest level of Christianity. For a young scholar, Maitreyi serves as a guide to the world of the Indian tradition. More than forty years later, in 1974, Maitreyi Devi (1914–1990) writes in Bengali her answer 'Na Hanyate' ('It Does not Die…'), a biographical novel later translated
into English. The title of her book 'Na Hanyate' (It Does not Die…) is a phrase taken from the Bhagavad Gita (2:20). The whole utterance in English translation sounds as follows: “Unborn, permanent, eternal, ancient, he does not die when the body dies”. The novel not
only concerns immortal Atman but also eternal love.

Zeitschrift fuer celtische Philologie, 2018

Dieser Aufsatz behandelt nicht so sehr Machtsymbole im Sinne moderner, politisch motivierter Konz... more Dieser Aufsatz behandelt nicht so sehr Machtsymbole im Sinne moderner, politisch motivierter
Konzepte als vielmehr die Ursprünge sowohl symbolischer Kunstgegenstände als
auch von Machtvorstellungen in Hinsicht auf Mythologie, Kosmologie und irische Gesellschaftsgeschichte.
Prähistorische Denkmäler und Kunstobjekte, die gewöhnlich mit dem
Königtum in Verbindung gebracht werden, wie etwa Inaugurationssteine, Erdhügel und
-wälle, werden oft uminterpretiert, wenn neue ‘nationale’ oder regionale Dynastien an die
Macht kommen (vgl. hier den Zeitraum vom 5. bis zum 9. Jahrhundert). In manchen Fällen,
die in diesem Aufsatz diskutiert werden (so z. B. in den Texten De ṡíl Chonairi Móir, Lebor
gabála Érenn), haben sowohl literarische als auch politische Eliten materielle Simulacra
neu geschaffen, indem sie in geschickter Weise ihre ‘authentische’ Vergangenheit rekonstruierten.
Gleichwohl sind einige Besonderheiten der Steine und ihre Wahrnehmung durch
die mittelalterlichen Gelehrten von Bedeutung, da sie die Konzepte der Zentralität Taras
und das Königtum von Tara unmittelbar betreffen.

All stories begin with a name, a name that goes back to the roots of myths and legends. The same ... more All stories begin with a name, a name that goes back to the roots of myths and legends. The same is true of the Russian epic tradition, which is full of names, some of which may sound unfamiliar and foreign in other European languages. The West and the East of Europe cautiously look at each other. What kind of ideas and principles can one find in the songs and stories from the Russian woods? How have history and Christianity influenced the Russian folk and epic heritage? These are the questions that we shall confront in our essay.

для студентов, обучающихся по направлению 033000.62 «Культурология») Дисциплина «Введение в кельт... more для студентов, обучающихся по направлению 033000.62 «Культурология») Дисциплина «Введение в кельтологию» преподается студентам факультета иностранных языков и регионоведения МГУ имени М.В. Ломоносова на отделении культурологии как курс по выбору. Данный курс -введение в предмет, дающее общее представление о кельтологии (англ. Celtic Studies) как совокупности гуманитарных дисциплин (археология, история, лингвистика, литературоведение, фольклористика и т.д.), изучающих кельтов, их культурное наследие и кельтские языки. Впоследствии студенты могут углубить полученные знания, прослушав дополнительные курсы «Культура гэльской Шотландии», «Теоретическая грамматика современного шотландского гэльского языка» и «Современный гэльский язык (начальный, средний, продвинутый уровни)», а также курс на английском языке «Storytelling Seminar: How to tell stories», посвященный живой традиции сказительства шотландцев и ирландцев.

для студентов, обучающихся по направлению 033000.62 «Культурология») Дисциплина «История культуры... more для студентов, обучающихся по направлению 033000.62 «Культурология») Дисциплина «История культуры» преподается студентам III и IV курсов отделения культурологии факультета иностранных языков и регионоведения МГУ имени М. В. Ломоносова как базовая часть общепрофессионального блока и является обязательной. Курс лекций по данной дисциплине состоит из четырех частей и призван последовательно изложить историю культуры Древнего мира, Средних веков, Нового и Новейшего времени. Вторая часть -«Культура средневековой Европы» -читается во втором семестре III курса. Эта часть охватывает лишь основные регионы Западной Европы и Византию, т.к. русская культура подробно рассматривается в отдельных курсах, а изучение всей мировой культуры данного периода сделало бы курс лекций слишком поверхностным.

Emania, 2014

Based on the medieval Irish cosmological scheme reflected in ‘The settling of the manor of Tara’,... more Based on the medieval Irish cosmological scheme reflected in ‘The settling of the manor of Tara’,
where social and mental functions are ascribed to each fifth of Ireland (Íaruss fis. tuadus cath. ‘Knowledge
in the west, battle in the north’), the Rees brothers once described Ulster as a warrior province.
Developing this scheme they saw the Táin and the Ulster cycle as an epic cycle centred on a war between
the warrior function (Ulaid) and the priestly function (Connachta, whose main attribute in
DSTT is fis ‘knowledge’). One can pose many objections to this abstract scheme.
As regards the role of the warrior aristocracy in Early Ireland, Sergey Shkunayev, one of the
leading Russian Celtic scholars and the translator of the LL-Táin into Russian, once put forward
his own hypothesis of the ways Ireland was Christianised in the 4th–7th centuries. He compared
the way the warrior aristocracy and local kings supported Christianity in Ireland to the process of
the Buddhist conversion in the Indian subcontinent, the so-called ‘Kshatriya revolution’ (a shift of
power from the priests to a warrior aristocracy).
This article aims at a critical analysis of these hypotheses on the basis of some relevant Hiberno-Latin
and Ulster cycle texts. The author will try to demonstrate that the Ulster cycle originated
in a military aristocratic environment in a state of cultural shift with sympathy towards the
new faith; consequently, the whole cycle as a historical written narrative is based on Christian
chronology and is centred on the earthly life of Jesus Christ.

The authors presents a brief survey of the history of studies of the Ulster Cycle in Russia and R... more The authors presents a brief survey of the history of studies of the Ulster Cycle in Russia and Russian translations of the Ulster tales from the first steps until the current time. 1

Pre-ChriStian Irish culture -as any preliterate society and culture -was

This book – the result of about ten years research – deals mostly with the mythological substratu... more This book – the result of about ten years research – deals mostly with the mythological substratum of narratives, composed and written down in early
medieval Ireland, within the broader context of Indo-European and Eurasian mythologies.
Some chapters of this book were published previously as articles in different periodicals and proceedings of conferences.
Studies in Irish Mythology relaunches them, reworked and updated, together with hitherto unpublished chapters, as a single comprehensive book with the aim
of providing a reader towards a tentative reconstruction of an early Irish mythological worldview.

A Supplement to the Dictionary of the Irish Language based mainly on Old and Middle Irish Compile... more A Supplement to the Dictionary of the Irish Language based mainly on Old and Middle Irish Compiled by Sharon Arbuthnot and Grigory Bondarenko Edited by Gregory Toner.
The Supplement contains revisions to approximately 4000 entries in DIL based on a comprehensive programme of all the relevant material in Celtic Studies journals and in a number of other volumes of essays. The corrections here have been integrated into the online edition of the dictionary. Funding for this project was provided by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.