Akademik Məlumat İdarəetmə Sistemi
Zenodo, pp.62-65, 2022 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
The epic creativity of the Turkic nation includes their values, traditions and worldview. The deep semantic layers of this information can be uncovered by the study of the archetypes. The archetypal symbol “blood” also reflects the Turkic thinking – birth, death, chaos, space and the power of the body, soul, genes, intellect, sense. Features of the archetype of “blood” used in ancient Turkic epics, Oghuz-namehs, all-Turkicsh eposes – “Ergenekon”, “Oghuz Khagan”, “Alp er Tunga”, “The Book of Dede Korkut” and other epics are involved in the study. Their substratum, meaning and shades in the saga are analyzed on the basis of various studies. The blood, reflecting both good and evil allegories, symbolically is considered a sign of creation and death. The generational growth and the creation of a genus occur through the blood, and the death is caused by bloodshed. That is why “blood ties”, “blood brother” means family and kinship ties, and “blood feud” means the murder and revenge of one from family or generation. The healing and miraculous functions of blood are also analyzed. In the epics, the archetype “blood” is at the root of motifs such as betrothed in the cradle (decision on the future marriage of a boy and a girl in the cradle), marriage, birth and etc