The reflection of mythology and rituals in the modern ornaments of the Amur Nanais

The article is devoted to the semantics of the modern ornaments of the Amur Nanais. The study is build around the materials collected by the author during the 2021 expedition to the Nanaysky and Khabarovsky districts of Khabarovsk Krai. Using cross-cultural, semiotic and iconographic methods, the author demonstrates the development of images and motifs in the ornaments, the preservation of traditions and their transformation. The modern ornaments of the Nanai people present significant iconic and symbolic images of traditional culture such as family tree, mythological human-animal marriage, dragon snake, shaman’s spirit helpers, etc.