East Europe as a proto-homeland of the Indo-Europeans - страница 5

On what were B. Tilak and E. Jelachich based on their conviction that the Aryan homeland should be sought in northern Europe, not far from the Arctic Circle. These are numerous excerpts from the texts of the Rigveda, Avesta and Mahabharata, which could only be explained by the «northern» hypothesis of their origin. Such, for example: «the great god Indra – a mighty warrior – a thunderer divided his power between heaven and earth, putting them on an invisible axis, like two wheels. And since then the stars have circled the earth in circles, and this axis has been strengthened in the sky by the Polar Star (Dhruva – indestructible, unshakable), which is also called «the best of the stars in the sky.»

Polar Star

The famous researcher and translator of the texts of the epic of the Mahabharat B. L. Smirnov noted that the stars listed in Mahabharat are the stars of the ancestral home of the Aryans – these are stars or constellations of «high northern latitudes.» He writes: «The text, having accurately described these constellations, as the nearest stars to the North or the North Star, already directly calls it, as the fixed star with which Brahma began building the world or according to the figurative expression of the text, here he» descended to the victim. «The ancient Aryans understood the whole process of creation, as the sacrifice of the Spirit, which is both the donor and the sacrifice. Further messages of the text that the constellations closest to the Polar Star describe circles whose center is the Polar Star are of great historical interest in resolving the issue of the Aryan homeland.

The belt of non-passing constellations is definitely indicated: Ursa Major, Cassiopeia and even located at even lower degrees of northern latitude: constellations Bootes and, possibly, Perseus. These constellations do not go beyond the horizon, that is, they describe a circle that can be traced almost all over one night, especially in winter only in countries located no further than about 55—56 north. w. The text speaks of the dangers of Arctic travel and directly indicates: as soon as a person penetrates further north, he dies.

Ursa Major constellation

Constellation Cassiopeia

Constellation Bootes

Perseus constellation

In the hymns of the Rigveda, Avesta and Mahabharat it is said that in the homeland of the Aryans it lasts six months day and six months – night, and «the divine day-night (day) is the year, it is also divided into two parts: night is the way – (sun) to the south, day is the way to the north.» B. L. Smirnov noted that only those who are well known in these countries could say that the sun rises in the north for half a year. He believed that: «This is a very important evidence of the ancient Iranians becoming acquainted with the polar countries, which are called the Golden Country or the Beautiful Flower. Naturally, life away from the North Pole could not give rise to the idea of a long polar night and of the day, lasting six months.