Сравнительный анализ мотивов в якутском и шорском эпосах

Abstract

Introduction. The study examines some identified typological ties between the Yakut heroic epic and epic traditions of the Shor people. The research results obtained through the involvement of extensive comparative materials can essentially facilitate further scientific insights aimed at clarifying the role of Turkic epics in the shaping and development of the Yakut epic tradition, determining the bulk of motifs typical for both the Yakut and Shor epic narratives. Goals. The article aims at delineating similarities and differences inherent to plot motifs of the Yakut and Shor epics. Materials and methods. The work employs a number of research methods, such as the comparative historical, structural/typological, and comparative/descriptive ones to analyze classic texts of Yakut and Shor epic heritage. Results. The paper concludes the Shor epic tradition contains no canonical themes characteristic of Yakut heroic tales, such as peopling of the Middle World by future defenders, peopling of the Middle World by the rejected destined to become heroes of the future, emergence of earliest people in the Middle World — which indicates the epic 146tradition of the Shor people had been evolving individually after its separation from the Turko-Mongolian world. The revealed stable motifs traced in both the epics are as follows: ‘time of the first creation’, ‘land of the hero’, ‘appanages of the hero’, ‘house of the hero’, ‘hitching post’, ‘world tree’, etc.