THE CULT OF HORSE IN THE DESCRIPTION AND MEANS OF EXPRESSION

Abstract

In the oral literature the question of the cult of horses is one of the main issues that make ethnography specialists and folklorists of different peoples think. In our heroic and love epics, legends, rich applause and cursing prayers associated with the cult of the horse, one can find countless means of artistic description and expression associated with the saying of the horse. In the article many examples about the horses such as Koroghlu’s Girat and Durat, the hero’s Arabat, Gachag Kerem’s Dilboz in rich folklore samples are explained and investigated. It is clear from the investigation that the cult of horse is more seen in our heroic epics.