Mythological images of spirits - masters – Ichchi (on the material of the olonkho of the northeastern Yakuts tradition)

Images of the spirits - masters - Ichch i in the texts of the olonkho of the northeastern Yakuts tradition were examined in this article. The images of the spirit-master of fire, earth, forest, vegetation, water, and house were studied. The images of the spirits - masters with similar images of other regional traditions (Prilenskaya and Vilyui) were compared. 28 texts of the olonkho of the three epic Yakuts traditions were considered. As a result of a comparison of the images of the master masters of the three epic traditions, the following conclusions were drawn. The most revered images in the three epic traditions are the spirits-masters of fire, forests and lands. The greatest number of spirits - masters - Ichchi are found in the olonkho of the Prilenskaya regional tradition. The spirits - masters of the snowy shaft and summer were characteristic only in the olonkho of the Vilyui regional tradition. In the northeastern tradition, the spirits - masters that were not characteristic of the Prilenskaya and Vilyui traditions were found: the spirit-master of sea Salbakyny Аgylastaj Tojon , the spirit-master of the trees Onogoj Baaj Tojon and the spirit-master of the lands Аan Bychalga and Аan Ichehlgeh . In addition, in the texts of the olonkho of the northeastern tradition, the images of the host masters of the pass, roads and the crib are not mentioned, which were represented in the Prilenskaya and Vilyui traditions. The authors came to the conclusion that in the olonkho of the northeastern tradition the images of the spirits – masters Ichchi were not widely distributed as in other traditions (Prilensky and Vilyui).