Researches of the local phenomena in the mythology of Anatolia Circassians (based on materials of 2014 and 2015 expeditions)
The system of mythological characters of the Circassian diaspora folk culture remains unstudied till now. The field researches of 2014 and 2015 are the first attempt to draw out the nomenclative constitution of the system of the so called lower mythology characters of Anatolia Circassians and the local peculiarities of the texts’ existence. The author of the paper notes the factors of conformation of these peculiarities - the landscape, social, historical ones, etc. The comparison of the diaspora texts and the materials of the ‘metropolis’ (the Caucasus) reveals the steady subjects and motifs of Circassian mythological system and the pragmatic functions of the texts. It also updates the endemic local phenomena that have emerged over the period of residence outside the historical territory in the new social and cultural conditions.