Abstract

The conceptual picture of the world is a set of concepts, knowledge about the universe, historically formed in the minds of a particular linguistic collective, embodied in the language and constantly updated. Mythological works have a special place in the comprehensive consideration of the conceptual picture of the world. "Myth" is the oldest type of spiritual culture of human beings. The first manifestations of human knowledge are mythical and folklore works. Although there are scientific works related to myth in world and Kazakh folklore, the study of English and Kazakh mythical images is considered for the first time. This article investigates the spiritual, cultural continuity and features of the knowledge of the two countries through a comparative analysis of Kazakh and English mythologems, as well as the nature, use, and semantic changes of linguistic phenomena. It will also be discussed how these myths shape the linguistic picture of the world in each culture. The results of this study contribute to such fields of science as psychology, neuroscience, linguistics and philosophy, religious studies and cultural anthropology.

Кey words: mythologems, conceptual picture, world, mythology, cultural identity, comparative analysis.