“MASTORAVA” AND “DORVYZHY”: POETIC PARALLELS

Abstract

The article discusses the artistic and aesthetic parallels in the Erzya epic “ Mastorava ” and the Udmurt epos “ Dorvyzhy ”, which are heroic epics of the peoples of the Finno-Balto-Ugric world. The idea is being made that the poetic community between them is a consequence of the folk-cultural typology, although historical ties are also not excluded. The similarity of motives and plots is manifested in the pantheon, in views on the world order, in the nature of the relationship between gods and people, types of characters. It is stated that by the poetic nature Dorvyzhy takes a place among the classic European epics, he is related to them by themes, the socio-cultural status of the heroes (cultural and social demiurges), views on the first ancestors (giant people and people of a modern type), a description of the military clashes between princes as representatives of the highest level of Udmurt statehood and relations with neighboring peoples, the philosophical views of the Udmurt people on the past, present and future. We are talking about the main differences between “ Mastoravoi ” and “ Dorvyzhy ”: they consist in the features of the plots and composition, poetics and aesthetics of works, their ethnic philosophy and social utopia. “ Mastorava ” is optimistic about the future; in “ Dorvyzhy ”, the views on tomorrow are contradictory.