FAIRY-TALE MOTIFS OF OLONKHO BY D.A. TOMSKAYA "KEMYUS MEKULUKEEN THE OLD MAN, ELGEEN IEYEKHSIT THE OLD WOMAN’
The article considers Olonkho fairy-tale motifs of “Kemyus Mekulukeen the old man, Elgeen Ieyekhsit the old woman” in the context of the Verkhoyansk epic tradition. The relevance of the study lies in the fact that, on the example of the repertoire of D.A. Tomskaya, it is possible to determine features of the epic tradition of the Verkhoyansk olonkhosuts, whose folklore represents the culture of the Northern Yakuts-reindeer herders. As a result of the study, the authors conclude that D.A. Tomskaya introduces traditional fairy-tale motifs into Olonkho. The presence of folk-tales motifs in the repertoire of D.A. Tomskaya can be explained by the fact that in the Northern Olonkho early forms of archaic epic can be found.