REFLECTION OF HORSE’S CULT IN YAKUT PROSE
Horse had a key role in nomads’ life: it was a mean of transport, foodstuff and assistant of horseman in battle. People of Sakha had a special attitude to horses. Ancient Yakut people considered horses as animals of heaven origin and favored by divine being as Jesegey. This representation was reflected in Yakut heroic epos «olonkho», where an idol image of house was presented as a faithful friend of hero. The epic horse is a winged horse, which plays a key role as the active character. Olonkhosuts paint this god’s envoy with the highest epithets. In Yakut poetry horse is one of the most widespread symbols. This article provides an interpretation of the traditional image in the prose of Yakut writers, connected with horse cult traditions, customs, for instance tethering rail, decorating of wedding tableware with horse hairs, characteristic of literature heroes through attitude to horses, ceremony of koumiss affusion. Application of horse’s image gives a possibility for Yakut authors to express in details psychological state of characters, their look and behavior.