ИНИЦИАЦИЯ КЫРГЫЗСКОГО МИФИЧЕСКОГО ГЕРОЯ КАК ОНТО-НОМАДИЧЕСКОЕ ЯВЛЕНИЕ

Abstract

The main purpose of the article is to identify the ontological, biophysical, social and spiritual essence of the motive of initiation in the context of rational-empirical archetypes. The relevance of the topic is determined by the fact that the existing ethno-historical, folkloristic, philological and literary theoretical arsenal of Kyrgyz legends does not reveal the ideological, philosophical, essential and existential aspects of the motive of the hero's initiation. Despite the fact that this phenomenon occupies a large place in the composition texture of Kyrgyz myths, being one of the most important parts, it is still not soundly investigated from the point of view of semantic aspects. As you know, for ideological reasons, in Soviet times, the epic heritage of the Kyrgyz people used a selective approach. Consequently, some interesting epic problems remained “outside” the research culture, which had to do with the mental specificity of the people. One such theme, we believe, is the nomadic motive for the initiation of the neophyte into adulthood. For it is through this motive shows the bright destiny of a neophyte, filled with amazing and unusual journey, grotesquely symbolic and colorful content. Therefore, these aspects give to the tests of the hero, to which he is subjected, an element of mystery, to this day in need of mental processing. Hence, the attractive magnet of the motive of initiation became the object of our research, because the awareness of its semantic resources remains relevant today. The analysis was carried out taking into account hermeneutic, inductive, structural and constructive methods of research, which determined the rational-empirical, spiritual, nomadic, ethnic aspects of the motive of initiation of the mythical hero. Our research yielded the following results. The motive of initiation of the Kyrgyz mythical hero solves basically two problems. First, onto-epistemologically and axiologically initiation refers to the fundamental nomadic tradition, for the hero performs the functions of medium and conductor, connecting and cognizing the three forms of the universe – the highest (heavenly), middle (earthly) and lower (underground). Accordingly, through the initiation of the hero, a picture emerges of that heavenly world embodies eternity, this world – life and the underworld – death. Secondly, in the ethno-social context, the element of initiation acts as evidence of the natural-nomadic existence of the people, since the act of educating the younger generation is performed, in which the neophyte is formed as a person, gaining his life status.   References Gennep A. Obrjady perehoda. Sistematicheskoe izuchenie obrjadov [Rites of passage. A systematic study of rites]. Moscow, “Vostochnaja literatura” RAN, 1999, 198 p. Propp V. Ja. Istoricheskie korni volshebnoj skazki [The historical roots of a fairy tale]. 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