Rassmotren epos nekotorykh mongol"skikh, tibetskogo i tyurkskikh narodov, a imenno, buryatov, mongolov, kalmykov, tibettsev, yakutov, evenkov, tuvintsev, altaytsev, khakasov, khantov, nivkhov, shortsev. Dana obshchaya kharakteristika epicheskikh proizvedeniy, rassmotreny ikh vzaimootnosheniya, skhodstvo i otlichiya, osnovnye syuzhetnye linii. Predprinyata popytka vvesti v nauchnyy oborot raboty poslednikh let, a takzhe raboty molodykh issledovateley. Korni vzaimodeystviya elementov epicheskoy arkhaiki v rassmotrennykh eposakh sleduet iskat" v nekogda edinom etnokul"turnom prostranstve, opredelennoy obshchnosti istoricheskikh, sotsial"nykh, kul"turnykh, religioznykh, yazykovykh faktorov, no ne poslednyuyu rol" igrayut tipologicheskoe skhodstvo v kul"ture ne tesno kontaktiruyushchikh mezhdu soboy narodov, udalennykh drug ot druga na opredelennye rasstoyaniya. Kniga adresovana fol"kloristam, kul"turologam, literaturovedam, etnografam, a takzhe vsem, kto interesuetsya dukhovnoy kul"turoy narodov.