Studia Litterarum Studia Litterarum 2500-4247 IWL RAS https://doi.org/10.22455/2500-4247-2022-7-2-264-279 Research Article Articles Local Folklore in the System of Adyge (Circassian) Traditional Culture Gutov Adam M. red@studlit.ru June 25, 2022 2022 April 24, 2021 The article deals with the problem of function and forms of local folklore manifestation as the most important part of the Adyge (Circassian) culture. The relevance of the study consists in the fact that the author of the article clarifies the content of the term “local folklore” in relation to the culture of an ethnic group scattered in various geographically isolated areas, including the foreign diaspora. The content of the concept under consideration is ambiguous, and its paradigms are connected with a chain of historical events that determined the fate of an entire nation. The article describes the forms of local folklore at different stages of history, as well as in modern conditions, the ways of its interaction with the general cultural fund, and its prospects in the age of high communication technologies. The positive and negative consequences of globalization, identified during the study, point to the possibilities of achieving harmony between the general trends in the development of civilization and the spiritual values accumulated by the ethnic group in the light of the interaction of various forms of culture are noted. local folklore Adygen Circassians anclave diaspora globalization Copyright © 2026, IWL RAS 2026 1. 1 Adygskaia i karachaevo-balkarskaia zarubezhnaia diaspora: istoriia i kul’tura [Adyghe and Karachay-Balkar Foreign Diaspora: History and Culture]. Nal’chik, El’-fa Publ., 2000. 272 p. (In Russ.) 2. 2 Alieva, A.I. “Vozniknovenie adygskoi fol’kloristiki v XIX veke” [“The Emergence of Adyghe Folklore Studies in the 19th Century”]. Fol’klor adygov v zapisiakh i publikatsiiakh XIX – nachala XX vv. [Adyghe Folklore in Records and Publications of the 19th – Early 20th Centuries]. Nalchik, Elbrus Publ., 1979, pp. 13–39. (In Russ.) 3. 3 Kazharov, V.Kh. “Pesni, islam i traditsionnaia kul’tura adygov v kontekste Kavkazskoi voiny” [“Songs, Islam and Traditional Culture of the Adygs in the Context of the Caucasian War”]. Adygskie pesni vremen Kavkazskoi voiny [Songs of the Caucasian War]. Nal’chik, Pechatnyi dvor Publ., 2014, pp. 30–89. (In Russ.) 4. 4 Lopatinskii, L.G. “Kratkaia kabardinskaia grammatika” [“Brief Kabardian Grammar”]. Sbornik materialov dlia opisaniia mestnostei i plemen Kavkaza [Collection of Materials for the Description of Localities and Tribes of the Caucasus], issue XII. Tiflis, 1891, department II, pp. 1–299. (In Russ.) 5. 5 Naloev, Z.M. Institut dzheguako [Institute of Dzheguako]. Nal’chik, Tetragraf Publ., 2011. 408 p. (In Russ.) 6. 6 Putilov, B.N. Fol’klor i narodnaia kul’tura [Folklore and Folk Culture]. St. Petersburg, Nauka Publ., 1994. 238 p. (In Russ.) 7. 7 Turchaninov, G.F. “O kabardinskoi grammatike Sh.B. Nogma” [“On the Kabardian Grammar of Sh.B. Nogma”]. Nogma, Sh.B. Filologicheskie Trudy [Philological Studies], vol. 2. Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkarskoe knizhnoe izdatel’stvo Publ., 1958, pp. 7–51. (In Russ.) 8. 8 G”ut, Iedem. “TsIykhubem i gupse” [“The Soul of the People”]. Bag”, M. Shkh’elyk”uedeskhem ia IueryIuate [People of Shalushka and their Folklore]. Nal’chik, El’brus Publ., 2000, pp. 5–7. (In Kabardino-Circassian) 9. 9 Dumezil, Georges. Fable de Tsey Ibrayim. Paris, P. Geuthner Publ., 1938. 91 p. (In French) 10. 10 Dumezil, Georges. Documents anatoliens sur le langues et les Traditions du Caucase. Paris, Universite de Paris Publ., 1960–1967. (In French)