“水”观念初探

自古以来,人们对земля(土地)、воздух(空气)、огонь(火)、вода(水)的理解,就被归为每个民族文化的最基本的组成,即它的基本观念当中。这其中,"水"观念在人的意识和文化当中是重要的观念。因为"水"在民族观念和认识当中被认为是宇宙的最初自然力之一。因此,古往今来,俄罗斯人在对周围世界不断认识和理解的过程中,在对水以及由水构成的水体、自然景观等客体的性能和属性的观察、研究中,也形成了对"水"观念的基本理解。对这些观念的理解以及逐渐积累的相关知识被代代相传地记录和固定在一些词语、成语单位、以及很多口头和文字作品当中。以俄罗斯叶尼塞河流域水系的名称为例,对вода观念作初步探讨。

Elementary Exploration of the Conception of Water

Since ancient times,people's understanding of земля(earth)、воздух(air)、огонь(fire)、вода(water)is considered the most fundamental components of every ethnic culture,namely,its basic conception,among which the conception of water is of great importance in ideology and culture of people,because water is regarded as one of the primary natural powers of the universe.Therefore,through the ages,in the process of the Russian people's cognition and understanding of the outside world,as well as their observation and research of the properties and attributes of the object such as aquatic system comprised of water,natural scenery and so on,they formulate the basic understanding of water.The understanding and gradual accumulation of the related knowledge is recorded and fixed from generation to generation in words,idiomatic phrases,and verbal and literary works.This paper,taking the river system's names of Russia's Yenisey river drainage area for example,makes elementary exploration of the conception of water.