Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences: The Image of the North in the Yakut Heroic Epic Olonkho

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / The Image of the North in the Yakut Heroic Epic Olonkho

Issue: Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2018 11 (4)
Authors: Nakhodkina, Alina A.
Contact information: Nakhodkina, Alina A.: M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University 58 Belinsky Str., Yakutsk, 677000, Russia;
Keywords: North; epic; landscape; space orientation; Abaahy; female; danger
Abstract: The article considers the image of the North, its nature, landscape, climatic features, and the antagonist creatures inhabiting it: male and female demons Abaahys and Ajarais, in the material of the Yakut heroic epic Olonkho “Nurgun Botur the Swift” by Platon Alekseevich Oyunsky, a prominent Yakut writer
Pages: 579-589
Paper at repository of SibFU: https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/71076