SUBJECT WORLD OF YAKUT OLONKHO: WOMEN's TRADITIONAL JEWELRY

Abstract

The article reveals the importance of folklore material as a source for studying the material components of the traditional culture of the Yakuts, examines the complex of traditional women's jewelry depicted in the Yakut heroic epic olonkho. The relevance and novelty of the research is due to the fact that this topic has not been sufficiently studied in the Yakut folklore studies. For the first time, the Yakut olonkho acts as a means of broadcasting the development of blacksmith's craft, religious beliefs and ethnocultural values of the Sakha people, and also confirms the antiquity of the existence of certain women's jewelry made of metals. As part of the study, a linguocultural analysis of women's traditional jewelry from olonkho texts was carried out. Women's traditional jewelry of the Yakuts, united according to the principle of their location on certain parts of the human body, is divided into the following groups: head jewelry, neck-chest ornaments, loincloths, hand ornaments and sewn-on ornaments. The following conclusion was made: the complex of women's traditional jewelry concentrates in itself the Yakut mentality, formed over a long historical period. The rich material olonkho contains important information not only about the types of jewelry, but also reveals the functional characteristics of jewelry, the shape and material of their manufacture. Yukut jewelry as an important component and integral part of the traditional costume in olonkho is described in one formulation. In the texts of the epic, traditional jewelry complements the image of kuo women, heroic women and udagan women. Olonkho heroines wear jewelry on special occasions, such as when welcoming honored guests, on holidays, and as protective gear in combat. The epic olonkho is characterized by a high degree of aesthetic attitude to reality; in this sense, women's traditional jewelry acquires the features of a holistic artistic generalization.