Features of some cultural codes in Khakass proverbs and sayings

The article studies some cultural codes as important elements of the traditional worldview of the Khakass ethnic group based on proverbs and sayings. Khakass paremias, saturated with zoomorphic, somatic and objective images, vividly reflect the language picture of the world and the national conceptual sphere. For example, proverbs and sayings with zoomorphic metaphorical transfers vividly reflect human characteristics and features. Somatisms-components are used mainly in a metonymic sense and are mostly active in reflecting various life situations and relationships.