Aspects of the study of kazakh mythology

Abstract

The article deals with the origins of Kazakh mythology, including the stages of its scientific study.
This article describes the similarities and differences between different approaches to the mythological
material. Comparison of various aspects of theoretical mythology is traditionally considered one of the
most effective methods of modern schools of mythology. Interest in myth at the present stage is already
characterized by a broad interdisciplinary approach. Mythology has become the focus of important
human problems, profound philosophical generalizations. Science threw a bridge between myth and
modernity. Mythological subjects and forms play an important role in the texts of many contemporary
works. Myths, legends and parables included in the work often fulfill a structuring role. Myth-making
and mythopoetics have become a phenomenon that has accumulated a huge aesthetic and philosophical
potential. The results of the conducted studies showed that the movement of mythopoetics is noticeable
not only in the quantitative increase in the number of writers who paid tribute to the myth, but also in a
qualitative change in the functionality of the myth in literary works.