Serpents and serpent-like images in the Yakut heroic epic: Towards a comparative study of demonology of the Turkic-Mongolian peoples
https://doi.org/10.25587/SVFU.2023.38.53.007
Abstract
Keywords
heroic epic,
Yakut folklore,
olonkho,
demonology,
folklore character,
Yakut cosmology,
image of serpent,
abaasy,
Arsan Duolai,
Mogoi,
Luo Balyk
Supporting agencies: The study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation’s grant No. 23-28-00655, https://rscf.ru/project/23-28-00655/.
About the Author
S. S. Makarov
A. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Makarov Semen Semenovich – Candidate of Philological Sciences, Senior Researcher
Scopus Author ID 57203182372
RSCI Author ID 877161
Moscow
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Makarov S.S. Serpents and serpent-like images in the Yakut heroic epic: Towards a comparative study of demonology of the Turkic-Mongolian peoples. Epic Studies. 2023;(1):72-83. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25587/SVFU.2023.38.53.007
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