Musicology Annotation << Back Representation of the religious-mythological syncretism circassians in the ritual songs Zaira V. Kazharova This article discusses some of the features of formation of the religious worldview circassians (circassians) based on archaic samples of songs dedicated to the god of lightning. Sacral meaning of the verse lightning for circassians stressed the majority of researchers. The man who was killed by this natural phenomenon considered chosen by God. The article presents an attempt to analyze the remaining song recordings, during which revealed functional transformation of the folk genre. Keywords: circassians, the circassians, ritual songs, Holy Ilya, songs thunderhorn god, circassians religion, mythology. Contacts: E-mail: zaira_ketova@mail.ru Pp. 53-59.