Version of the cosmogonic myth in the folklore of the Circassians of Anatolia


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Pashtova M.

ВЕСТНИК НАУКИ АДЫГЕЙСКОГО РЕСПУБЛИКАНСКОГО ИНСТИТУТА ГУМАНИТАРНЫХ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЙ ИМЕНИ Т. М. КЕРАШЕВА, vol.13, no.37, pp.36-41, 2017 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

Abstract

The paper presents a typological analysis of the text with initial creation ideas which exist in Cherkes diaspora of Turkey. Also, all social and paragmatic functions and features are displayed with local versions, written by the author during field research 2009-2015. On comparing a diaspora text (with its typological features) with analogues fixed on a historical territory late XX century makes ethnocultural (civilizational) local cultural identity relevant as well as a social and gender status and cognitive abilities of the reader

Key words: Cosmogony, ethnogonic myth, Narts, Cherkeses, Adyghes, diaspora, Uzun-Jala, folklore, pragmatics.