https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9264-3430
E-mail: borlboskha@mail.ru Tel.: +7 (847) 224-10-05
11, Pushkin str., Elista, 358000, Russian Federation
Researcher, B. B. Gorodovikov Kalmyk State University
Badma V. Menyaev
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9205-4537
E-mail: bmeyaev@mail.ru Tel.: +7 (847) 224-10-05
11, Pushkin str., Elista, 358000, Russian Federation
Specialist, B. B. Gorodovikov Kalmyk State University
Tatiana V. Basanova
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-4231
E-mail: tatianabasanova@yandex.ru Tel.: +7 (847) 224-10-05
11, Pushkin str., Elista, 358000, Russian Federation
Senior Lecturer, B. B. Gorodovikov Kalmyk State University
This study was funded by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project number 20–012–00537 А, “The Language, Folklore, Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Sart-Kalmyks of Kyrgyzstan from the Perspective of Russian Researchers: Historical Background and Current Situation (On Basis of Archive and Field Materials).”
This article examines Sart-Kalmyk proverbs for the first time. At the beginning the authors give a brief history of collecting Sart-Kalmyk proverbs. The analysis is based on the field materials the authors collected in the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan during a scholarly expedition in 2021 as well as on archival and published sources. In addition, proverbs of the Tekes Olets — “the closest relatives of the Sart-Kalmyks,” Oirats of China (Xinjiang) and Kalmyks of Russia are considered. The authors focus on figurative parallelisms found in Sart-Kalmyk proverbs that contain a zoonym component. They analyze the parallelism of the world of animals (birds, insects) and people in the context of the overall meaning of Sart-Kalmyk proverbs. Zoonyms in figurative parallelisms primarily serve to characterize human characters. The SartKalmyk paremias identified by the authors have correspondences in the oral works of the Olets, Oirats of China (Xinjiang) and the Kalmyks of Russia, which is evidence of their common ethnic origin. The authors stress that the figurative parallels in Sart-Kalmyk proverbs reflect the national values and worldview of the Sart-Kalmyks. This study is especially important due to the impending loss of the Sart-Kalmyks’ language and folklore tradition.
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