Kazakh myths
Kazakh myths
9.99 €
The Great Steppe is as boundless and immense as the sea. Here, batyrs are not born in royal chambers — hot hearts and open souls make the sons and daughters of the steppe heroes. Here, the Syr Darya and Amu Darya are not rivers, but inseparable sisters with a tragic fate. Here, under the starry dome of the night sky, ancient legends come to life about the kidnapped princess and the seven robbers, about sea dragon horses and seven-headed birds, about an indestructible spirit and true love.
The book "Kazakh Myths" will reveal to you the amazing, original and colorful, like the blooming steppe, mythology of the Kazakhs. You will learn how the god of the sky Tengri was born from a flaming egg, and the Mother Fire Ot-Ene from the foot of another great goddess, Umai, who the baksy and akyns are, and how the legendary poet and singer Korkut created kobyz, the music of which heals the soul. You will meet the not-so-friendly creatures of Kazakh demonology: the golden-haired demonesses albasty, giants and dwarfs, the mermaids kuldirgish, who, like their Slavic sisters, lure young men and tickle them to death, the beautiful vampire zheztyrnak with copper claws and the Kazakh Baba Yaga Zhalmauyz kempir.
How to tame a winged horse-tulpar - the faithful companion of the batyr? What do the legend of the poet Asan Kaigy and his beloved peri-swan have in common with the Scandinavian sagas? And what does the demon Erklik look like - the master of the underworld and the eternal enemy of Tengri?
You will find answers to these and other questions on the pages of this book, and color and black-and-white illustrations will complement the journey through the Kazakh steppe, where every river, mountain and gorge is ready to share with the traveler a sad, instructive or funny story.
The book "Kazakh Myths" will reveal to you the amazing, original and colorful, like the blooming steppe, mythology of the Kazakhs. You will learn how the god of the sky Tengri was born from a flaming egg, and the Mother Fire Ot-Ene from the foot of another great goddess, Umai, who the baksy and akyns are, and how the legendary poet and singer Korkut created kobyz, the music of which heals the soul. You will meet the not-so-friendly creatures of Kazakh demonology: the golden-haired demonesses albasty, giants and dwarfs, the mermaids kuldirgish, who, like their Slavic sisters, lure young men and tickle them to death, the beautiful vampire zheztyrnak with copper claws and the Kazakh Baba Yaga Zhalmauyz kempir.
How to tame a winged horse-tulpar - the faithful companion of the batyr? What do the legend of the poet Asan Kaigy and his beloved peri-swan have in common with the Scandinavian sagas? And what does the demon Erklik look like - the master of the underworld and the eternal enemy of Tengri?
You will find answers to these and other questions on the pages of this book, and color and black-and-white illustrations will complement the journey through the Kazakh steppe, where every river, mountain and gorge is ready to share with the traveler a sad, instructive or funny story.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books in the series Myths of the World. The Most Fabulous Stories of Humanity