The Cuckoo Image in the Buryats Traditional Concepts and Rituals

Purpose . The study is devoted to identifying the image of cuckoo in Buryats mythological ideas and traditional rituals. Results In first part work, a general description given based on vocabulary small genres buryat folklore. It was found that particularly noted voice physical dexterity this bird from its other biological features. also associated with such negative trait person as idle talk. second examines about cuckoo. out appears Buryat epic sacred bird, conductor celestials will. has feminine origin: women are believed turn into after death punishment for easy virtue committing suicide. motif werewolf, evergreen needles acquisition by larch trees milk wine invention. epic, often acts bearer knowledge past wealth giver. dual nature magical effect cuckoo’s revealed: one hand, it can be beneficial man nature, destroy person. features symbolism death, which reflected folk signs, particular superstition ability predict person’s life expectancy. third article highlights shamanic ritual. been established localized rite Aghin Buryats, probably being relic totemism. Conclusion shows very ambiguous. This revered feathered. personified principle. characterized solar celestial symbolism, addition acted fertility symbol, manifested correlation rhythms renewal. (the Mother Tree World Tree). At same time, had characteristics, primarily because closely death. some find parallels concepts peoples Eurasia, explained their universality or typological identity and, probably, intercultural contacts took place past.