Theory of Epic Stylistic Variations in Altai Folklore Study
The essence and value of style variation are revealed and the approaches to the term "variation" of the Russian and foreign leading researchers are summarized in the article. For the first time in Altai study of folklore A.N. Veselovsky's judgments about forms of psychological parallelism in the Altai national songs are given. The question on style variations in the earliest records of the Altai songs and the epos is considered as well.