Open AccessVainakh mythological searches
Author(s) -
Zaur Gumashvili
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
šromebi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2233-3401
DOI - 10.52340/idw.2021.499
Subject(s) - mythology , epic , parallels , civilization , literature , ethnic group , diversity (politics) , history , art , sociology , anthropology , archaeology , engineering , mechanical engineering
The goal of studies to represent mythological picture of Kist ethnicity that goes back to ancient times. Diversity of the Vainakh people mythology worth attention.In the study there is shown that Vainakh Version of epos appears to be the part of General Caucasian Narts epos that have parallels with other Caucasus people too. Some of epic heroes preserved their ancient characteristic that gives us opportunity to see half-gods in them. Beside this the epos helps us to make clear picture of Vainakh divers mythology as well as the traces of ancient civilization