The female image of Dangyna in the linguistic picture of the Tuvan world

The  article  is  devoted  to  the  linguocognitive  analysis  of  the  image  of  Dangyna   in  the   linguistic picture of the Tuvan world. The aim of the article is to analyse the image of  Dangyna  in the  linguistic  worldview  of  the  Tuvan  people,  which  has  undergone  transformations  from  ancient  folkloric representations to fiction and modern reality.  Dangyna  is the daughter of the Khan, the bride of the main hero  in  epic  works.  In  the  popular  perception  of  the  Tuvinians,  Dangyna   appears  as  the  ideal  young woman, a companion of the hero, combining beauty, kindness and, despite her young age, intelligence,  inner strength and flexibility of character. Thus, the image of  Dangyna  reflects not only a fragment of the aesthetic vision of the Tuvan world, but also the social role of a woman, an assistant, an adviser to the hero, whose extraordinary wisdom allows her to inspire a man to military exploits, while remaining in the background of epic events. The image of the  Dangyna  in the traditional ethical and moral representations of  the  Tuvinians  has  feminine  virtues,  which  are  most  widely  revealed  in  epic  and  fairy-tale  folklore, transformed into myths. In modern works of fiction, the image of  Dangyna  manifests itself in two ways:   as a national standard of comparison for literary heroines; as a special character in fiction. The results  of an associative experiment and observation of contemporary events related to the spiritual and cultural values of Tuvan society show that modern ideas among speakers of the Tuvan linguistic culture mainly preserve  ancient  ideas  about  femininity  in  the  image  of  Dangyna.  The  result  of  the  analysis  showed   that  the  evaluative  component  of  the  image  helps  to  reveal  the  peculiarity  of  this  image.  Dangyna's  appearance and inner qualities complement each other, creating an ideal image of femininity in the popular imagination. The study is based on a linguocognitive analysis of Tuvan epics, fairy tales, non-fabulous prose, Tuvan fiction, the results of an associative experiment, and observations of modern social phenomena.

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