Traditional worldview in the Yakut myths and musical folklore

The ideas of the universe are associated with the peculiarities of perception, understanding and interpretation of the phenomena occurring in it. The worldview of peoples is based, first of all, on religious and philosophical views that determine the meaning of life and the man’s relationship to the universe. The characteristic features of Yakut worldview and philosophy of life which have deep historical roots are considered. Relationships, life and folklore of the community were built based on them. Folk art is described as the center of wisdom, knowledge and experience, which has become the key to understanding the characteristics of the northern ethnos, its moral views, attitude to oneself and the surrounding reality. The characteristic features of the Yakut musical folklore, the specifics of its performance, which determined the complexity of notated fixation in the generally accepted modal system, are considered. The tendencies of preservation and development of the folklore traditions of the people, who consider themselves as part of the surrounding world successively connected with the distant past, are shown.