EPISODE “KITABI-DADE GORGUD” AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL AND ETHNIC SOURCE

Abstract

The epic “Kitabi-Dade Gorgud” is one of the first literary sources of the Turkic peoples.
At different times, different specialists and researchers noted that the plot of the saga reveals the national-cultural norms of behavior and character traits of the Turkic peoples, developing in the Caucasian environment. We see that “Kitabi-Dade Gorgud” is a perfect scientific work in the Dresden copy of the great Turkish scientist O.S. Gokyay. The scientist openly mentions the epic: “The features of the Azerbaijani dialect are noticeable,” he says. Other Turkish scientists Fuad Köprülü, Maharram Ergin, European and Russian experts V.V.Bartold, V.M.Zhirmunsky, A.Kh.Kononov, A.Yu.Yokubovsky and, of course, Azerbaijani philologists Ismail Kazimov, Ramazan Kafarov and others repeatedly confirmed in their works that “Kitabi-Dada National cultural traditions, excellent writing and the events unfolding in the work reflect the psychological character of the Azerbaijani people.