Historical, Philosophical, Political and Law Sciences, Culturology and Study of Art. Issues of Theory and Practice. Tambov: Gramota, 2016. № 12. Part 1. P. 171-173.
CULT OF THE HORSE IN TRADITIONAL CULTURE OF THE TURKIC PEOPLES OF THE NORTH CAUCASUS (BY THE EXAMPLE OF THE KARACHAIS AND BALKARS)
Tekeeva Larisa Kichievna
Karachaevo-Cherkessky State University named after U. D. Aliev
Abstract. The article focuses on the role and place of the horse in religious beliefs of the Turkic peoples of the North Caucasus, in particular the Karachais and the Balkars. The author emphasizes that the formation of the ethnic groups under study took place within at least two ecological niches. This peculiarity of ethnic history of the Turkic peoples of the North Caucasus left a mark on entire spiritual culture including religious and mythological ideas, in which one can trace both Caucasian and Ancient Turkic parallels.
Key words and phrases: тотемизм, зоолатрия, религиозные верования народов Северного Кавказа, фольклор, мифология, тюркоязычные народы Северного Кавказа, totemism, zoolatry, religious beliefs of the peoples of the North Caucasus, folklore, mythology, the Turkic peoples of the North Caucasus
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