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- Title
Türk Rivayetlerinde "Bozkurt".
- Authors
Başkurdistanlı, Abdülkadir
- Abstract
Gray Wolf in Turkish, Mongolian and Altaic mythology is the sacred animal and national symbol. Bozgurt (Boskord, Pusgurt) are another versions of pronounciation. The words Bozkaskır and Çalkurd mean the same. The Mongols say as Börteçine (Börteşına, Börtöşono). Sky wolf or "Gökbörü/Kökbörü" are also used as a qualifier. Happy wolves as a pathfinder are joint totem in all the Turkish and Mongolian clans. Some Turkish and Mongol tribes believe that they derived from this blessed lineage. The wolves which manage herds of wolves called as the Wolf Gökkurt. The words Kaskır and Börü mean wolf in different dialects. Gray Wolf represents the sky. In this study, the work of Abdulkadir Inan which published in the journal of Türkiyyat Mecmuası, II. Vol. 1926-1928, p. 131-138 translated into turkish language.
- Subjects
TURKISH mythology; WOLVES in literature; TURKISH folklore; ANATOLIAN mythology; INAN, Abdulkadir; TURKISH language
- Publication
Journal of History, Culture & Art Research / Tarih Kültür ve Sanat Arastirmalari Dergisi, 2014, Vol 3, Issue 4, p103
- ISSN
2147-0626
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7596/taksad.v3i4.334