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Gökçe Hatun
Princess Saljan (, ) is a character in the ''Book of Dede Korkut'' and other Turkic mythology. In the ''Book of Dede Korkut'' "" is considered the most romantic story in Korkut Ata's book. Kanli Koja eagerly attempts to marry his son off immediately. Still, his son has very high standards for a wife:Before I rise to my feet she must rise; before I mount my well-trained horse she must be on horseback; before I reach the bloody infidels' land she must already have got there and brought back a few heads. Kan Turali then finds a girl who he thinks meets his standards, Saljan, although her father was the infidel king of Empire of Trebizond, Trebizond. Kan Turali rides off to the Byzantine castle, where he has to face all sorts of challenges including having to kill a lion, a bull, and a savage black camel to win the hand of the king's daughter Princess Saljan. After refusing to enter the bridal's tent before receiving his parents' blessing, Kan Turali heads for the land of the Oghuz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book Of Dede Korkut
The ''Book of Dede Korkut'' or ''Book of Korkut Ata'' (, ; ; ) is the most famous among the dastans or epic stories of the Oghuz Turks. The stories carry morals and values significant to the social lifestyle of the nomadic Turkic peoples and their pre-Islamic beliefs. The book's mythic narrative is part of the cultural heritage of the peoples of Oghuz origin, mainly of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Turkmenistan. Only two manuscripts of the text, one in the Vatican and one in Dresden, Germany, were known before a third manuscript was discovered in a private collection in Gonbad-e Kavus, Iran, in 2018. The epic tales of ''Dede Korkut'' are some of the best-known Turkic dastans from among a total of well over 1000 recorded epics among the Turkic and Mongolian language families. Origin and synopsis of the epic ''Dede Korkut'' is a heroic dastan, also known as the ''Oghuznama'' among the Oghuz, which starts in Central Asia, continues in Anatolia, and centers most of its action in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
