Alexander Iliadi
Doctor of Philology, Professor, Head of the Department of Methods of Preschool and Primary Education at Volodymyr Vynnychenko Central Ukrainian State Pedagogical University, Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
e-mail: alexandr.iliadi@gmail.com
ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000–0001–5078–8316
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24195/2616-5317-2020-31-13
Key words: etymology, reconstruction, derivative, mythonym, demonology.
The paper deals with the etymological analysis of the name of mythological character Царь Хан, from the text of a Ukrainian spell for snake bites. A number of signs encourages to think about, that we deal with the result of division and rethinking of the etymological form *Кантысар, the trace of which is found out in archaic Ukrainian vocabulary of burial ritual. Particularly, here the Lord of Graves, which charges payment with dead for a place under the ground, is mentioned.
Further search of the etymological source of this word takes us up to the conclusion about reflection of Alanian *Kanti Sar «Lord of Graves» or «Lord of the Underworld» in the *Кантысар. With taking into account of word context and associated semiotics we can figure out in general terms semantics of character of the *Кантысар and place him on a par with other figures of Slavic demonology, also borrowed from the Iranian source. The adaptation of the stranger mythological figure to the charactersʼ system of Slavic mythology was possible due
to functional affinity the *Кантысар to indigenous chthonic personages, identified with the *Кантысар.
Сoncomitantly with etymology of the name Кантысар the genesis of an Ukrainian demonic name довгомýд ʻhalf-beast and half-manʼ is defined (< Alanian *dewaga-mand, *dewga-mand ʻobsessed with a daemonʼ).
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