ŞİKÂRİ DESTANI’NDA DİNİ UNSURLAR
RELIGIOUS ELEMENTS IN THE ŞIKÂRI EPİK

Summary/Abstract: The Iranian area has recently come to the agenda of Turcology research with the emergence of a new height of Dede Korkut stories. Epics, stories, proverbs and idioms that we have compiled in this rich cultural geography are of great importance for the Turkish world. The Compilation Epic that we compiled from this region was described by Ashiq Yedullah in Tabriz in 1970 as the longest verse and prose epic of the Turkish World. The general subject of the epic is the spread of the religion of Islam. In this respect, it has similarity to the Epic of Şikâri, Danişment-nâme and Battal-nama. Şikâri Epic motif structure is one of our richest epics. In addition to all the motifs seen in the book of Dede Korkut, it is possible to see the motifs encountered in the legends of Azerbaijan in this epic. Religious elements in this epic; The motif of being left in the well and being saved by the merchants, inviting the people of the places where the protagonist has visited, to Islam, making the ablution and praying before the war, bringing the Word-Good Shahada and becoming the Muslim and converting churches into mosques. In this study, we will focus on religious elements in the Epic of Şikâri.

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