songs of the gods luck <i>mish ar</i> and prayer-songs <i>poekty ar</i>
The article is devoted to the plot construction principles of ritual songs of the bear feast of Kazym Khanty. The ritual songs of a bear feast are characterized by multilevel text structure. In the field of view of the author are 8 mish songs
(the songs of deity luck) and 7 poekty songs (prayers to a great gods). Comparing of mish songs the author distinguishes
its two main types: male and female mish songs which are characterized by the following constant elements in the structure of the narrative: beginning; the description of the house of the deity; deity goes out of house; deity gets news from a crow; deity picks up; deity arrives to a bear feast; deity performs a dance that brings good luck in hunting. The number of constant motifs in poekty prayer songs is fewer: the description of the house in which the great deity sits; deity writes destinies; deity picks up; final: deity performs a dance that makes people’s life better. Thereby the typicality of the mish and poekty songs is of different degrees. Male and female deities in mish songs have a large number of similarities. But the prayer-songs dedicated to great deities are more individual.
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songs of the gods luck <i>mish ar</i> and prayer-songs <i>poekty ar</i> // Языки и фольклор коренных народов Сибири. 2019. № 1. Pp. 46–52. DOI: 0.25205/2312-6337-2019-1-46-52.