BELIEFS RELATED TO BIRTH IN THE "DADA GORGUD BOOK"

Abstract

The tradition of creating an epic occupies a special place in the history of the ancient Turks. From household to political administration, the people's outlook, mythological ideas, religious views, and artistic way of thinking have become the main subject of epics. In addition to the creation of the world, the restoration of order in space, etc., the birth of people, the birth of new generations, in short, the idea of growth has always been in the center of attention. The ideas of the ancient Turks about origin and birth were metaphorical in advance and they thought that the processes mentioned could not have happened without a magical source.

In the 1st issue of "Dil-adabiyyat" magazine, published in 2019, our article entitled "Functional nature of the miraculous birth motif in epics" was published. In the mentioned article, epic texts related to Azerbaijani folklore were the main object of research. This time we decided to change the context; In the "Dade Gorgud book", which is considered a national monument, images and expressions of birth beliefs were included in the analysis.