Oguznoma
"Oguznoma" is an epic monument about the Turkish family and their ruler Oguz Khagan; a bookish epic. Written in Uyghur script. The original copy of the work was copied around the 15th century and is kept in the Paris library. There are different versions of "Oguznoma". Its most common version is preserved in Abulghozi Bahadir Khan's "Shajarayi Turk" (1669). "Oguznoma" was translated into many languages, including German (Doyets, 1815), Russian (V.V. Radlov, late 19th century; A.M. Shcherbak, 1959) and others. One chapter of "Kitobi Dadam Korqut" is called "Oguznoma".
The epic "Oguznoma" is one of the book epics of the Turkic peoples. There are two book epics in the history of Turkic peoples, "Dada Korqut Kitobi" and "Oguznoma".
The saga was written in the old Uyghur-Turkish script, the original text is kept in the National Library of Paris.
The story is based on the myths and legends of the settled farming society. In terms of structure, "Oguznoma" is similar to the Kul Tigin monument. The mythological layer in the epic, the activity of the Oguz in a specific geographical environment, is evidence of this. The beginning of "Oguznoma" also has such a feature, the harmony between the legends about the origin of the clans and the legend about the emergence of the Ashin clan from the Turkic clans, the cults of the ancient Turkic era - tree, wolf, and sky cults in the old Turkic records and the "Oguznoma" have something in common, which determines the development path of the epic.
"Oguznoma" consists of two parts. The first part is a mythological layer, which includes scenes of Oguz's unusual birth and unusual growth, fighting against and killing the evil Shungar. The second part consists of events characteristic of historical epics. This part includes Oguz's marriage, the birth of his children, scenes of battles and conquering different countries, and the scenes of dividing the lands under his control to his sons.[1][2]
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