ABOUT ONE MYTHOLOGICAL CHARACTER OF THE AVARS: KAJ/KARJ
The article describes a complex and ambivalent mythological character of some ethnic Avar groups (gidatlins, andalals, karalals, tlenseruhs) - Kaj / Karj that was a patron of home, family, children and livestock in their former pagan pantheon. A number of its negative features indicates transformation of its image into a demon-antagonist of children and livestock.