Anthropomorphic and zoomorphic archaic and images their connection with traditional Belarusian toys
This paper is devoted to traditional Belarusian ritual and non-ritual toys. The paper deals with anthropomorphic and zoomorphic images of Eurasian Paleolithic art, Stone Age artifacts on the Belarusian territory and similar cultural monuments. On the basis of archaeological and ethnographic materials the author identifies the major anthropomorphic and zoomorphic images inherent in the material culture of Belarus, such as the image of women, men, birds, horses, cattle, goat, sheep, moose, bears, wolves, snakes, fish and others. Analyzing traditional Belarusian textile, wood and ceramic toys of the XIX-XX centuries the author concludes, that most toy images appeared on the territory of Belarus in ancient times. It emphasizes their features: expressiveness, archaic simplicity and internal static.