Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / The Image of Bogatyrs in Yakut and Russian Folklore Texts

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2018 11 (7)
Authors
Naumova, Elena V.
Contact information
Naumova, Elena V.: M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University 58 Belinsky Str., Yakutsk, 677000, Russia;
Keywords
folklore; Russian bylinas; Yakut olonkho; bogatyrs; traditions; antagonists; protagonists
Abstract

Nearly all the developed world cultures have their own written or oral works of art which were created by the people, representatives of a certain nation. These records may or may not have been publicly acknowledged for various individual reasons. However, in some cases, these oral works of art reached us due to the fact that they were reproduced and recorded in a written form. This way, anyone who wishes to learn about the folklore of a certain national group can do so, especially nowadays when many of these fine works of art had been translated from the source language to various target languages. The present article focuses on a literary analysis of the profound characters of Russian and Yakut folklore to see if and in what aspects do the notions they imply coincide linguistically, semantically and ideologically

Pages
1113-1126
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/71767

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