HORSE CULT IN ART COMPOSITION OF THE "MANAS" EPIC (POETICS)
The presented scientific article considers the place and the role of the horse in the process of formation and development of the epic, as well as the peculiarities of the poetic image of coursers at various stages of the epic formation. The comparative analysis as far as possible has been considered in the context with heroic epic of Turkic-speaking peoples and the Siberia. The article analyzes the problem of the stage development of a horse image in the artistic structure of the "Manas" epic. Archaic archetypes are revealed and their transformation in the evolutionary development. The detailed analysis of all the available horses-tulpars is provided on the general background of the artistic epic. The system of poetic syntax of setting up and presentation of horse image is studied as well as the poetic features of its description. In this regard, the formula style of the epic, strophic parallelism is considered, such as the trails hyperbole, comparisons, epithet, metaphor, which help the narrator to sketch a figurative picture of the nomadic way of life of the Kyrgyz people. The relevance of this topic is to study the issues of comparative poetics of the "Manas" epic. It is known that until recently time the Kyrgyz epic has been studied mainly in terms of the coverage mythological, archaic, historical layers, in terms of identifying the genesis and evolution of the plot structure. In studies of foreign and native folklorists to some extent were covered the questions of poetics, however, the topic of the image of a war horse and his poetics is still little covered. Our article is devoted to the analysis of the artistic properties of the tulpars-horses in the epic.