The Problems of the Mythological Personages in the Ancient Turkic Literature

Abdibek Zhanar,Abylkhamitkyzy Rysgul,Abdimomynov Nurtas,Aimukhambet Zhanat

doi:10.5539/ass.v11n7p341

Abstract

The article deals with the problems of mythological personages in literature and culture of the Turkic peoples. Itis known that the tribes of Turkic ancient epochs formed the nomad culture. And the basic core of this culturewas the mythology. Since ancient times, the Turkic state called themselves “people chosen by God”, as it wasevidenced by the information from the ancient runic writings. In the Yenisei runic it was called a state. Thisancient mythological cycle is an integral part of the public cult of the Turk Empire. Descendants of “Kokturk”that first led a nomadic life, settled along the endless expanses from Mongolia to Europe, interacting with manynations, interpenetrating in a different environment, adopting their culture; some of them got accustomed to asedentary lifestyle. Turkic tribes, known in history books under the general title ‘the Turk Khanate’, later beganto found their own state and form their own history and literature. In the process of investigation the authorsrevealed their scientific viewpoints and hypotheses, compared and generalized them.

Highlights

It is important to consider that in the wide range of mythology of the Turkic peoples, we focused namely on the mythology of the Turkic tribes who lived from ancient times in Altai, Siberia and Mongolia
The reason for this is that among the Turkic peoples living in the Altai region and Siberia, the mythical and mythological stories have been preserved in their original form compared to other Turkic peoples
The world outlook of the Turkic peoples is clearly viewed through mythology

Summary

Introduction

It is important to consider that in the wide range of mythology of the Turkic peoples, we focused namely on the mythology of the Turkic tribes who lived from ancient times in Altai, Siberia and Mongolia. There is no doubt that in the mythology of the Turkic speaking peoples of Central Asia, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, there is a set of plots and repetitives which are close to each other. This is evidence of the fact that the roots of the Turkic peoples are the same. Let’s reveal the details of the origin of the images kokbory – “blue wolf”, the bird Samuryk, diva, aydahar, found in the course of this research in mythologies of the Turkic-speaking peoples

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