I. YAKOVLEV CHUVASH STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN

concept, memory, field model, cognitive linguistics, cultural memory, lexical semantics, historical lexicology

The article examines the linguo-cognitive structure of the concept of memory in Old Norse epic based on the mythological poems of “The Poetic Edda”. The study is relevant because the linguistic objectification of memory in archaic texts remains insufficiently explored, although memory functions there as a mechanism for preserving and transmitting sacred knowledge. The material of the study comprises the mythological poems of the “Songs of the Gods” cycle, in which cosmogonic plots and related forms of representing sacred knowledge are most consistently presented. The methods include componential and distributional analysis, semantic field modeling, and elements of quantitative analysis. The novelty of the study lies in the systematic field modeling of the concept of memory based on the mythological poems of “The Poetic Edda”. The analysis establishes a three-layered structure of the concept, including the core, the near and far peripheries, identifies its main lexical representatives, and describes the conceptual metaphors through which the Eddic text construes the preservation, loss, and sacralization of knowledge. The findings show that memory functions primarily as a collective mechanism for preserving wisdom, fame, and mythologically significant knowledge. The results may be used in further research on cognitive semantics, historical lexicology, and linguoculturology.

Panina, Yana Viktorovna – Post-graduate Student of the Department of Germanic Languages, Samara University of Public Administration “International Market Institute”, Samara, Russia, https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0516-8967, d_yana1989@list.ru