Some Kyrgyz Legends That Arose Through the Influence of Islamic Parables
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: There is a reciprocal relationship between religion and culture. Religion is a social institution that creates societies with elements such as faith, morals and rituals along with their cultures. In the historical process, beliefs such as Buddhism, Manichaeism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity have been adopted by various Turkish tribes for various social and political reasons. However, the influence of the belief of Sky God, which is the basis of Turkish mythology and culture, on the Turkish tribes living in Turkestan has always continued. One of the results of the Talas War, which took place in 751, was that the Turkish tribes living in Turkestan began to accept Islam en masse. In the process of almost thirteen centuries that have passed since the arrival of the Turks under the influence of Islam, Mesopotamian mythology, along with Islamic teachings, influenced Turkic culture and folklore. Desiring to know, interpret and comprehend the nature and environment in which they live, the Turks created various toponymic legends based on their beliefs and cultures. While supernatural powers were gods, goddesses, creatures and spirits in Turkiс mythology, with the evolution of this tradition in post-Islamic Kyrgyz society, the concept of God, religious-mystical personalities such as prophet saints, jinns and angels came to the fore. Our study is about legends compiled on the territory of Kyrgyzstan and presumably formed under the influence of the Islamic faith.
Author: H. Satıcıoğlu
Institution: Kyrgyz-Türkish Manas Üniversity
Language: English
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4296129624