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DOI: 10.46698/VNC.2023.89.50.007
EMEGENS AS OWNERS OF WONDERFUL OBJECTS IN THE NART EPOS AND MAGIC FAIRY-TALES OF THE KARACHAIS AND BALKARIANS
Gulieva (Zanukoeva), Farizat Kh.
Izvestia SOIGSI. 2023. IIS 50 (89).
Abstract:
The article is devoted to a comparative analysis of the Nart epos and magical fairy-tales of the
Karachais and Balkarians. The subject of the study was the transformation of the image of emegen,
first traced through the example of one of his hypostases – the owner / keeper of wonderful objects.
In the national Nartiada, emegens are represented by two conventional categories – a chthonic
monster and a representative of an alien neighboring people. The level of development of material
culture among the former is much lower, but both of them are the owners of wonderful artifacts.
These are mainly weapons, but a number of household items are also mentioned. It is noted, that
some attributes, possessed by the emegens of the first type, are closely related to the ancient ideas
of the creator people. Moreover, the giants themselves act as miraculous creatures, parts of whose
bodies have supernatural properties. Both types of emegens are also found in Karachay-Balkarian
fairy-tales. The range of wonderful objects, that they possess, keep, or know about, is somewhat
wider here, but the method of acquiring them is often different: taking possession by force or
cunning is replaced by donation. In some cases, emegens of the second type report the location
and conditions for obtaining the necessary object. This phenomenon is explained by changes in
the perception of emegens in fairy-tales: this is a representative of an alien people, but not a sworn
enemy, but a wise neighbor, friend, brother. In the end it is concluded, that in Karachay-Balkarian
Nart tales and magical fairy-tales there is a gradual decline in the image of the emegen from a
chthonic monster to a representative of a friendly neighboring people. This is expressed both in the
loss of their miraculous properties by the giants, and in the fact, that in fairy-tale texts wonderful
attributes, the owners, keepers of which they are or know about, in most cases are not associated
with heroic pathos, the motive of irreconcilable enmity. The method of acquiring a wonderful item
is also changing.
Keywords: Karachay-Balkarian, Nart epos, magical and magical-heroic fairy-tales, emegens, wonderful objects.
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(in Russian). DOI 10.46698/VNC.2023.89.50.007
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