IMAGES OF THE YAKUT HISTORICAL TRADITIONS (ON THE MATERIAL OF THE VILYUI REGIONAL TRADITION)

Abstract

The article analyzes the main images and plots of the Yakut historical legends of the Vilyui regional tradition. The relevance of the research topic is due to the fact that the historical legends of the Vilyui residents in the local definition of features have not yet become an object of special research. In modern life, when the craving for knowledge of one’s roots has significantly increased in society, the appeal to the historical memory of ancestors acquires special significance. It is necessary to systematize the main images of the Yakut historical legends of the Vilyui regional tradition. In the historical legends of the Vilyui regional tradition, the following main images are characteristic: Elley, Tygyn, Nyurbakan, Yrya Byrkynaa, Toyuk Bulgudah, Boskhong Belgetii, Ala Kyrsyn. The image of Tygyn in the legends of the Vilyui local tradition has general Yakut foundations. A feature of the figurative system of this local tradition should be considered the image of the progenitor of the Nyurba and Suntar Yakuts. Based on the research materials, this image should be distinguished into the system of basic images. The specificity of the figurative system can be considered the images of the sons of the progenitor, who became the ancestors of the Vilyui Yakuts based on the materials of historical legends.