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Kökin Erkey Epic is one of the oral narratives belonging to the Altay Turk epic tradition, focusing on the maturation of a hero through supernatural events, various trials, and struggles. The epic embodies the Altay epic tradition’s conception of the mythic cosmos, its understanding of heroism, and its belief systems. The narrative centers on the events befalling the hero Kökin Erkey, through which themes such as individual struggle, preservation of social order, and the concept of fate come to

Sacred Plants and Animals in Central Asia is a study by French historian and orientalist Jean-Paul Roux examining the sacred relationships between the Altai Turks and nature. This work, translated into Turkish in 2023 by Dergâh Yayınları, is regarded as an extension of Roux’s earlier study titled Death among the Altai Turks. The book explores the sacred meanings assigned by Altai peoples to plants and animals within social and cosmological contexts.Subject and ContentIn this work, Roux emphasize