Distribution Geography of “Koroglu” saga

Abstract

The spread of the “Koroglu” epos is very wide. The saga, which spread to almost the entire
Eurasian continent and naturally varied, is divided into about five hundred variants and two large
versions. The texts in the East and West of the Caspian Sea have quite different motives and elements,
and the geographical basis has prepared the ground for the division of the saga into two large versions.
This was also a necessary need to facilitate the classification and indirect study of the saga. The
branches belonging to the “Koroglu” variants and versions have gone through a long historical process
and spread over a wide area from Central Asia to Central Europe - to the banks of the Danube, from
Siberia to Africa - to the shores of the Mediterranean. When studying the epos, taking into account the
content and distribution of the texts spread among different peoples, we see that it combines the events
and heroism of different periods that have lasted for centuries and has survived to the present day.
This article discusses the variants and branches that expand from East to West, based on the geography
of the spread of the “Koroglu” epos, and discusses the features of individual texts.