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TARGYN AND KUZHAK

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TARGYN AND KUZHAK”, the monument of Bashkir literature, epic. Registered in 1959 in Askarovo village, Kurganskaya region by Kirey Mergen from R.Sattarov. One of the epic variants was registered by G.G. Amirov. The manuscripts are in the Scientific archive of URC RAS. The epic has poetic and prose forms. The epic shows the fight of Bashkirs against the Nogai khanate. The dominate idea and theme relate to the series of epics such as Yek-Mergen, Mergen and Mayankhyluand others. During the yiyin meeting, the head of a Bashkir clan, Aksakhan, announces that he is going to arrange a marriage for his daughter Akyunduz with the one who wins a kuresh battle. A Nogai Targyn wins the battle, but Aksakhan refuses to arrange his daughter’s marriage with a stranger. Then  Akyunduz  escapes  with  Targyn  and a  60-year-old,  and  Kuzhak-batyr  goes  after them. When he reaches them, he makes aytysh with Targyn and then the batyrs decide to compete in archery accuracy: They shoot a bow simultaneously. Targyn does not hit his opponent while the arrows of the Bashkir batyr pierce the earlobes of his enemy. The disgraced Nogai leaves his horse and equipment and escapes. Aksakhan arranges his daughter’s marriage with Kuzhan-batyr. There is a similar epic in many Turkic folklores.

Publication date: 13.07.2021
Last updated: 01.09.2021