Adyghe Int. Sci. J. Vol. 25, No. 1. Pp. 89–97. 

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.47928/1726-9946-2025-25-1-89-97
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PHILOLOGY

UDK 398.8

Original Article

Shora Nogmov as a researcher

of the Adyghe historical-heroic epic

Gutova Liana Adamovna
candidate of philological sciences, senior researcher at the Institute of Humanitarian Research of the Kabardino-Balkarian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (18 Pushkin St., Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, 360051), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7526-3719, Liana240281@gmail.com

Abstract. The article is devoted to the identification of the role of Sh. B. Nogmov in the history of Adyghe folklore and the definition of its methodological principles. The article examines the recordings of the lyrics of songs of a historical and heroic nature that have survived to the present time, as well as mentions of the legends accompanying them, based on which the work “History of the Adykhey people”was created as an important source. Based on the materials reviewed, it is concluded that it was Sh. B. Nogmov who laid the foundations for working with field materials and the methodology for studying them, and this gives reason to consider him the founder of Adyghe academic folklore.

Keywords: folklore, historical and heroic epic, song, legend, authenticity, genre.

Funding. The work was not carried out within the framework of funds.

Competing interests. There are no conflicts of interest regarding authorship and publication.

Contribution and Responsibility.The author participated in the writing of the article and is fully responsible for submitting the final version of the article to the press.

For citation. Gutova L. A. Shora Nogmov as a researcher of the Adyghe historical-heroic epic. Adyghe
Int. Sci. J. 2025. Vol. 25, No. 1. Pp. 89–97.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47928/1726-9946-2025-25-1-89-97; EDN: LZBJOW

Submitted 19.11.2024; approved after reviewing 27.02.2025; accepted for publication 04.03.2025.

© Gutova L. A., 2025

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