The symbolism of the comb in the context of archetypic images of Turkic art

Abstract

In the article the comb is considered as a symbol of religious-mystic conceptions of Turkic peoples. The comb is an object of applied art and at the same time a magic sign. Its symbolism is connected with the idea of fertility, emanation of sunbeams from luminaries, rainstraems from the sky, with the appearance of plants from the earth etc. Later this symbol has acquired the function of protection.