MYTHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS IN THE KARACHAY-BALKAR BYLICHKAS AND BYVAL'SHCHINAS
Gergokova Leila Sozakbaiovna
Institute for the Humanities Research (Branch) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Abstract. The article is devoted to the mythological characters that can be found in the non-fairy tale prose of the Karachay-Balkar folklore: in bylichkas and byval'shchinas. As examples folklore texts from the archives of Institute for the Humanities Research (Branch) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the topic under study, heard in the living tradition, are used to describe various mythical creatures. The aim of the work is to analyze the peculiarities of the system of images of characters in the Karachay-Balkar bylichkas and byval'shchinas. These oral stories have been worked out by generations and are still preserved in the people’s memory. Such narrations represent the ancient sources of the people’s worldview.
Key words and phrases: несказочная проза, былички, бывальщины, мифические персонажи, нечистая сила, лесной человек, ведьма, черт, сверхъестественные существа, взаимооборотничество, non-fairy tale prose, bylichkas (stories about meeting with devildom), byval'shchinas (true stories), mythical characters, evil spirit, forest man, witch, chort, supernatural beings, mutual shapeshifting
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