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- Title
Pir Sultan Abdal: Encounters with Persona in Alevi Lyric Song.
- Authors
Koerbin, Paul
- Abstract
The article examines the persona of Alevi dervish, poet, rebel and martyr Pir Sultan Abdal described in Turkish Alevi lyric songs. Pir Sultan Abdal's dominance in the Turkish Alevi-Bektaşi oral lyric tradition is tackled. The existence of a historical identity behind his persona is explained. Other topics discussed include the use of a self-naming convention called mahlas in Alevi-Bektaşi adeyiş, the legendary story of Pir Sultan Abdal and the story's personal aspect.
- Subjects
PERSONA (Literature); PERSONALITY; DERVISH, Alevi; DERVISHES; ABDAL, Pir Sultan
- Publication
Oral Tradition, 2011, Vol 26, Issue 1, p191
- ISSN
0883-5365
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/ort.2011.0005