Female images in the Yakut epic and the Even Nimkan
Abstract
This article discusses female images in the texts of the olonkho of the northeastern tradition of the Yakuts and the archaic epos of the Evens. The purpose of the study: to make a comparative analysis of the texts of the Yakut and Even epics, in particular, to study female images. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to set the following tasks: consider the history of the study of the Yakut and Even epics, study the research materials, identify female images and systematize them into groups. As a result of the analysis, 3 groups of female images were identified in the northeastern tradition of the Yakuts: udagan women (shamans), аiyy girls and the old woman Simehsin. In the archaic epos of the Evens, 4 groups of female images are characteristic: udagan girls, active heroines, heroic girls and zoomorphic images of girls. Girls in the guise of a swan, a bear and a bird are an interesting image.
About the Authors
O. K. PavlovaRussian Federation
PAVLOVA Olga Ksenofontovna – Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Folklore and culture of the Institute of Languages and Cultures of the Peoples of the North-East of the Russian Federation
Yakutsk
S. K. Yakovleva
Russian Federation
YAKOVLEVA Svetlana Ksenofontovna – Master's student of the Institute of Languages and Culture of the Peoples of the North-East of the Russian Federation
Yakutsk
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For citations:
Pavlova O.K., Yakovleva S.K. Female images in the Yakut epic and the Even Nimkan. Issues of National Literature. 2022;(1):38-45. (In Russ.)