FABULOUS MOTIVES IN THE YAKUTSK EPOS (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE STORYTELLER N. ABRAMOV-KYNAT’S REPERTOIR)

Abstract

The article analyzes the fairy-tale plots and motifs that are found in the Yakut epic, using the example of the repertoire of the narrator (olonkhosut) N.A.Abramov-Kynat. The author has considered the olonkho texts “Nyurgun Bege”, “Kengul Buurai”, “Kharalaan Mohsogol”. In the storyteller’s epic repertoire, the work observes the following fabulous motives: overpowering your cunning adversary with the help of magical actions; a plot about a younger brother; walking journey of the hero; single combat of one against several heroes, an immortal head. The researcher reveals the main character’s magical means: an iron cradle, an immortal cane. Thus, it has been established that the storyteller often uses fairy-tale motives in his epic repertoire. This is due to the fact that in the genre specificity of the Yakut epic, where the heroic and the fabulous are in close interaction.