The Book of Dede Korkut summary and analysis (the epic tales of the Oghuz Turkic people)
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- Опубліковано 14 чер 2024
- The book of Dede Korkut is said to be the building blocks of what makes modern Turks and the national epic of the Oghuz Turkic people (Turkey, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and more). Who is dede Korkut? Who are Oghuz Turks? What are the tales about? In this video I will tell you everything about the book, its history, the tales, and answer all the questions relating these epic stories. I will sumamrise all of the 12 stories and then I will analysis the book and its significance among the Turkic people and their identity.
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I enjoyed these amazing tales. Have you read them? I would love to hear from you.
Fiction Beast, love your videos. My friend and I were curious what nation you lived in and/or, where you were originally from?
You did a great job! When you read something from a thousand years ago in almost the same language you're speaking, it's an amazing feeling. In Azerbaijan, it is treated as the Bible of being a Turkic nation.
It’s a fun read. Let’s you travel back in time.
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I am on vacation and catching up with all your reading analysis, stories and enjoying/learning a lot! Thank you ❤️
I'm reading it now. It's very poetic and exotic. Thanks for the video, it helped me summarize
Thank you!
Hello from Turkey. Great video. Just some random remarks:
1) I guess theft was a great problem for all ancient societies, when there were no banks or police. But for nomads, it was 10 times as bad. These people are extremely mobile so it is much easier to steal and much more difficult to catch the thief. So you have to have a reputation that it is not a good idea to touch you or else.
2) In Bogac Legend, in the beginning there is a feast. Bayindir Khan says "If my guests have sons, take them to white tent. If they have daughters, take them to red tent. If they have neither sons nor daughters, take them to black tent, furnish them with black carpets, give them the black sheep's meat. They may eat or they may leave. How can I feel pity for someone whom God has not pitied?"
It is a very remarkable piece that shows the worldview of those times. Also, so much different from later, islamic times when Turks would probably classify those with daughters (but no sons) and those without any children in the same category.
3) Generational conflict is implicit in the tales, as friends of the father usually hate the son.
Awseome insights. I particularly like your second point. It's like an old picture that reveals what was life like back then. Blurry but mesmerising. Raiding was part of many cultures around the world. The great wall of China, and many other walls were the monuments of those raids and incursions.
Very informative video! I am an Iranian Turk starting to read the tales and simplify them for kids. Your video was an awesome start for me! Thanks
That sounds a really cool project. I think the tales are great stories for children. I hope one day to visit Iran and Azerbaijani.
Book of Kitabi Dede Qorqud(14th -15th cenutries) was wrote by Azerbaijani language like Book of Dastani Ahmad Harami(13 th century).
I am enjoying your detailed analysis of historical epics like this. My opinion is that, while some stories present a distinct Turkic traits, some are directly influenced by Islamic culture, even though their origins are older and elsewhere. For instance, the first 4 are undoubtedly more Turkic, while the other stories are definitely influenced by Islamic and even Greek/Byzantine culture, as one story reminds me of a Homeric tale.
Another thing about Turkish identity was the Ottoman rulers were more concerned with Islamic identity, as with any ruler at the time( Christians with Greco-Roman ideals). Turkish never got the same boost by the Sultanate, as did Arabic or even Persian, which rendered Turkish literature a very minimal stature, both in quantity and quality, until the Republic era. If Ataturk hadn't stood up for the Turks, then their situation might have been similar to say Somalis or Swahilis, who give more importance to Arabic, than their own( which is why, I believe religion should be a separate thing than language or origins, for identity and nationalism).
I agree religion should be a personal thing just like in Buddhism, your own journey, not imposed on everyone. How is the Turkish literature today?
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If you put all Turkish literary works on one side of the scale and Korkut Ata's Oğuzname on the other side, Korkut Ata would outweigh it.
u r educated for sure.
Thanks.
8:20 actually the infidel princess agrees to become his second wife
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