This article explores the multifaceted interpretations of the symbol of the trinity in the novels and short stories of Chingiz Aitmatov, one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century Turkic and world literature. The study examines how the trinity motif—embodied in such forms as three generations, the unconventional love trio, and the spiritual “threefold principle” rooted in the cult of ancestors—functions as a key artistic, aesthetic, and philosophical category in Aitmatov’s works. Through close textual analysis, the article reveals the ways in which the trinity not only structures the narrative and deepens character psychology but also reflects broader socio-cultural, moral, and metaphysical concerns. The unity of form and content in the writer’s artistic system demonstrates how the trinity becomes a universal symbol that bridges myth and modernity, individual destiny and collective memory, and human experience with existential reflection.

Kyrgyz literature, the symbol of the trinity, the principle of the trinity, three generations

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