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The article describes the contribution of Mukhtar Omarkhanovich Auezov to the popularization of the Kyrgyz
heroic epic of Manas and the publication of its parts in the twentieth century. The purpose of the article is to
determine the place of the famous monograph “The Kyrgyz heroic epic of Manas” by M. O. Auezov in a series
of works on epic studies. Objectives of the article: to describe M. O. Auezov’s research dedicated to the Kyrgyz
epic of Manas from the standpoint of defining the functions of manaschi (storyteller, poet, shaman) and the
preserved pre-Islamic cult of ancestors among the Kyrgyz; to substantiate M. O. Auezov in the aspect of Kyrgyz
studies and Manas studies. The relevance of the work consists in summarizing the contribution of M. O. Auezov
to Kyrgyz and Manas Studies in connection with new trends in education in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, caused
by the adoption of the Law “On the Manas Epic” in 2011. The scientific novelty of the work lies in a new approach
to understanding the works by M. O. Auezov in the aspect of theory of mentality, that is practically not involved
in literary practice. M. O. Auezov introduced into scientific circulation the terms associated with the performers
of the epic, yrchi and zhomokchi. He was the first to describe the history of Kyrgyz manaschi ‒ storytellers: from
a contemporary of Manas Keldibek to Sagymbay Orozbаkov, a contemporary of M. O. Auezov. Manas himself
chooses those who will perform the epic dedicated to him. The text of the epic keeps the spirit of the people,
i. e. the heroic epic of Manas contains the spiritual basis of Kyrgyz culture, its mentality. M. O. Auezov summarized
the data on manaschi and outlined their main functions: a storyteller, a poet, a shaman. The scientist
pointed to the pre-Islamic cult of ancestors that has come down to us among the Kyrgyz people.
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