title: Ancient Images and Plots of the Epic of Manas
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metadata.value: Bakirov, Asylbek A.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2022-03-04T18:08:41Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2022-03-04T18:08:41Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Bakirov A. A. Ancient Images and Plots of the Epic of Manas. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 2021, vol. 13, issue 4, pp. 498–518.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu13.2021.403
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/35468
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The problem of the emergence and development of the Kyrgyz heroic epic of Manas has attracted
  the attention of scholars since the very beginning of the study of this unique memorial.
  The first researchers in the 19th century, Kazakh scientist Ch. Ch. Valikhanov and academician
  V. V. Radlov, pointed to the antiquity of the Kyrgyz epic and expressed their thoughts about its
  composition and existence. The question of the composition and development of the epic of
  Manas on the basis of research on its plot, images and ideas was explained by scientists of the
  20th century, such as V. M. Zhirmunsky, P. N. Berkov, S. M. Abramzon, R. Z. Kydyrbaeva, etc.
  However, the question remains relevant today. There is still no consensus among scholars as to
  the time of the epic’s origin and its main stages of development. The author of this article aims
  to continue the study of the genesis of the epic of Manas and attempts to establish the historical
  conditions that gave rise to the heroic epos as a new type of art and determined its further
  development. The author considers and analyzes the most ancient plots and characters of the
  epic of Manas, the formation and development of which largely predetermined the nature of
  epic creativity in subsequent eras. The subject of analysis is mainly the image of the protagonist
  and the most important themes of the archaic epic: the hero’s struggle with monsters,
  heroic matchmaking, and the fight against raids. All material, when possible, is considered in
  a comparative-historical perspective, in comparison with the epic work of Turkic peoples of
  Southern Siberia and Central Asia.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies;Volume 13; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: nomadism
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: archaic epic
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: epic hero
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: image of a monster
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: clan system
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Ancient Images and Plots of the Epic of Manas
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
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