The bride kidnapper Kara-Yurga in Eurasian culture

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Doklady Bashkirskogo Universiteta. 2021. Volume 6. No. 5. pp. 361-364.

Authors

Kruglov E. A.
Bashkir State University
32 Zaki Validi Street, 450076 Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia
Shagapova G. R.*
Bashkir State Pedagogical University named after M. Akmulla
3a October Revolution Street, 450008 Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia

Abstract

In the article, the authors consider the image of the horse Kara-yurga, the bride kidnapper, and find parallels in the mythology of the peoples of Eurasia. The presence of a connection between the Kara-Yurga and the centaur Nessa and the Balkan Neoptolem is possible. Mythological, folklore and ethnographic materials are confirmed in the archaeological materials of the Middle Volga of the 8-9th centuries: the Bolshetigansky burial ground and the Shilovsky burial mound.

Keywords

  • Kara-Yurga
  • ancient Greek mythology
  • Eurasian mythology
  • Bolshetigan burial ground
  • Shilovsky kurgan
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