Journals / Türkoloji / 2015 / Sayı: 71

HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS TRADITIONAL MOTIFS "OLONKHO" AND UZBEK FOLK HEROIC EPIC "ALPAMYSH"

Journal
Türkoloji
Pages
50–63
DOI
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Abstract

The author makes a historical-comparative analysis of the stories of the Yakut "olonkho" and Uzbek folk heroic epic "Alpamysh" gives you the opportunity to reflect on the specific characteristics of the epic tradition in the various stages of its historical and poetic development. These data show that the historical and genetic roots motive miraculous birth of the hero in the Yakut "olonkho" and Uzbek heroic epic "Alpamysh" back to the ancient Turkic mythology and archaic shamanic rituals.