Features of the embodiment of the image of albasly in Nogai short prose of the second half of the 20th century
https://doi.org/10.31143/2542-212X-2026-2-191-203
EDN: NEPYOI
Abstract
This article attempts to analyze the unique portrayal of the mythological figure Albasly - an effeminate creature from Turkic mythology – in the short fiction of Nogai writers. The author first hypothesizes that the distinctive female characters in the stories of V. Kazakov (“The Star of Babai”), S. Batyrov (“The Legend of Albasly”), and I. Kapayev (“The Legend of Yansurat”) are explained not only by the writers' individual artistic pursuits but also by their shared mythological origins. A consistent set of traits, dubbed the “Albasly complex” in the article – captivating beauty, infernal quality, rejection, and unrealized love – suggests a close connection between the artistic worldview of Nogai literature and national mythology. Despite the limited number of examples, the observations presented in this article provide a deeper insight into the uniqueness of Nogai short fiction.
About the Author
Elizaveta А. Safiulina
А.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Graduate Student, Junior Researcher
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Safiulina E.А. Features of the embodiment of the image of albasly in Nogai short prose of the second half of the 20th century. Kavkazologiya. 2026;(2). (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31143/2542-212X-2026-2-191-203. EDN: NEPYOI
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