Historical peculiarities of motives of creating mythical images in karakalpak folk eposes

Author: 
Marat Esebaev

In the article there were analyzed the ways and development of mythical motives. Sources of information on the occurrence of myths of myths were studied due to some important points of views of well-known world folklorists compared with Karakalpak popular scholars’ opinions on the subject. In the article it’s pointed out, that mythic images belonged to the earliest stages of human society and they began firstly from the humans thoughts of the natural phenomena as the world Earth, life on Earth, changes of seasons, rainfalls, snowfalls, strong heats, whirlwinds, hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanoes, frosts, fires, etc.; universe, stars, planets, constellations, comets, eclipses (E. of the Sun, E. of the Moon) etc. Historical bases of such motives are studied in correlation with archaic notions of views including the Muslim (Islam) religious thoughts and mythical motives devaluated by under the influence of this religion. Mythical motives in folk eposes, legends and tales and their ideas concern with earlier periods development and we have realised a close familiarity in the idea and plot of Middle Asian, Greek, Persian, Arabic, Hindu and Russian mythological works. Here it is obviously observed a coexistent diffusion between the mythic creative works of all the above mentioned cultures. We think that such a literary phenomenon has occurred in the long misty development of intercultural relations.

Paper No: 
2905