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In this paper, we consider the cult of horse in religious beliefs of the Yakut people, its role in the myth and epic traditions and its place in the ritual culture. We’ve attempted to make a cultural analysis of an image Horse and horse cult in traditional ritual culture of Yakut people from symbolic, semiotic and sacral point of view, i.e. horse is worshipping and honorable animal, that has sacral nature. In former times, every family keep a horse. Its’ pattern as symbol of traditional culture exists almost in al...