ESCHATOLOGY AND DEGENERATIVE TIME IN “DEDE GORGUD” EPOS

Abstract

In the epos "Kitabi-Dede Gorgud" eschatology and eschatological time are reflected in all chapters. The eschatological worldview is reflected at different levels: in the form of a model of the eschatological world, in the form of a reflection of the eschatological time, in the form of negative and positive eschatological images of the chapters, and in the form of eschatological polarization of events in the chapters.
It is a degenerative time that creates eschatological time in all chapters. After living in a degenerative time, the heroes enter the environment of eschato- logical time, their eschatological future depends on their sins. Depending on these sins, the mythological consciousness envisages the destruction of the evil image, the positive character, the Oghuz people. This necessitates the renewal and self- renewal of the Oghuz people on the Day of Judgment.