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Khabunova E.E., Sadalova T.M., Elbikova B.V. [Verbal embodiment of the hero’s «miraculous healing» motif in the Kalmyk heroic epic «Dzhangar» and in the Altai epic «Yangar»] World of Science. Series: Sociology, Philology, Cultural Studies, 2023, Vol. 14, No. 4. Available at: https://sfk-mn.ru/PDF/57FLSK423.pdf (in Russian).

Verbal embodiment of the hero’s «miraculous healing» motif in the Kalmyk heroic epic «Dzhangar» and in the Altai epic «Yangar»

Khabunova Evdokia Erendzhenovna
Kalmyk State University named after B.B. Gorodovikov, Elista, Russia
E-mail: khabunova@mail.ru
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2113-6877
RSCI: https://elibrary.ru/author_profile.asp?id=463557
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Sadalova Tamara Mikhailovna
Kalmyk State University named after B.B. Gorodovikov, Elista, Russia
E-mail: sadalova-t@mail.ru
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7984-2379

Elbikova Balzira Vyacheslavovna
Kalmyk State University named after B.B. Gorodovikov, Elista, Russia
E-mail: elbikova91@mail.ru
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1491-9961

Abstract. The description of the hero’s miraculous healing is one of the important episodes of the epic narrative. Being similar in their content and often different in terms of expression, they convey the «real reality of a folklore work», which is conveyed through the motive. Through the healing motif, the Kalmyk epic «Dzhangar» and the Altai «Yangar» depict one of the turning point and dramatic moments of a heroic battle or other collisions of epic heroes in the context of which the special qualities and exceptional abilities of a hero are manifested.

The content of the nuclear part of the motif (invariant) in the epics under consideration in general terms looks typical: the epic hero, outside his ecumene, is subjected to physical harm, healed thanks to his own or someone else’s healing abilities.

The study showed that the textual embodiment of the healing motif in the form of voluminous descriptions demonstrates the specificity of epic forms and the ambiguity of its key segments (support words), which in various combinations and formulaic compatibility with other verbal components create «support conceptual nodes of the text».

The analysis showed that microconstants serve as a connecting link for individual elements of the motif and contribute to the preservation of the nuclear part of the typical formations of the epic, thereby inhibiting the process of destruction and transformation of the epic text.

It has been established that the textual embodiment of the «miraculous healing» motif in its variable diversity conveys the essence of situations, states, relationships, actions, loci, objects, characteristics that are important for understanding the epic events and conflicts depicted in the Kalmyk epic «Dzhangar» and the Altai epic «Yangar», and also demonstrates how key segments of the epic narrative, preserved in the collective memory of the people, are translated in national epic traditions.
In this aspect, the analyzed problem is considered for the first time.

Keywords: epic; «Dzhangar»; «Yangar»; motive; variant; healing; text; reference word

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