The System of East African Beliefs Through the Prism of Swahili Proverbs

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Religious ideas are an integral part of any people’s life. Therefore, they great significance for understanding the national picture world. The article investigates beliefs Swahili-speaking community through prism Swahili proverbs and sayings that reflect its polyconfessionality. In study, most complete up-to-date collections were used, such as Methali za Kikwetu (Proverbs Our Place), Kamusi ya methali (Dictionary Proverbs), Proverbs. Each them contains about two thousand proverbial units. For quantitative evaluation, largest modern corpus compiled by Center African Studies at University Illinois Urbana-Champaign was used. It more than four explicitly mention names traditional spirits (mizimu, pepo, zimwi), performers cults rites (mchawi, mganga), supreme creator (Mungu), creatures nearby (malaika), demonic forces (ibilisi, shetani). There also some paroemias containing indirect reference to Islam or orthodoxy mentioning religious traditions. Of particular interest results comparing frequency usage different lexemes. Noteworthy is semantics these words expressed in grammatical features, especially tools class system. article, study correlated with history East religions. research confirms conclusions other scholars studying religion Eastern Africa: here Abrahamic religions peacefully coexist, transforming complementing each other. unit, lexeme ‘God’ conveys sacral attitude toward denotatum, universal values come foreground. predominance on theme proves their importance world people. practical may be used not only paroemiology linguistics but ethnography, cultural studies.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Vestnik Permskogo universiteta. Rossijskaâ i zarubežnaâ filologiâ

سال: 2022

ISSN: ['2658-6711', '2073-6681']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17072/2073-6681-2022-2-63-70