The Origin of the Folklore Hydronym Apolevta

In their article devoted to hydronyms in the oral and handwritten charms of the North Russian, T. A. Agapkina, E. L. Berezovich, and O. D. Surikova comment on the name of a fiery river Apolevta assuming that there may exist two copies of the text. The authors suggest that this river name might eithe...

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Published inVoprosy onomastiki Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 203 - 208
Main Author Alekseeva, Alina S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Russian
Published Izdatelstvo Uralskogo Universiteta 01.01.2020
Subjects
charms
hydronyms
north russian dialects
russian folklore
russian geographical society
russian north
textual criticism
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Summary:In their article devoted to hydronyms in the oral and handwritten charms of the North Russian, T. A. Agapkina, E. L. Berezovich, and O. D. Surikova comment on the name of a fiery river Apolevta assuming that there may exist two copies of the text. The authors suggest that this river name might either originate from an unestablished Greek word or else, is a case of erroneous usage. The author of the present work argues the existence of one single copy of the text that was published by N. N. Vinogradov in 1910. As regards the hydronym Apolevta, the structure of the original text (particularly, the space organization) testifies to an incorrect interpretation by the scribe: in fact, the text uses a short form of the adjective with a postpositive particle -to which frequently occurs in North Russian dialects. Thus, the hydronym Apolevta is a result of an incorrect reading of the source by V. A. Ivanovsky.
ISSN:1994-2400
1994-2451
DOI:10.15826/vopr_onom.2020.17.1.011