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Sacred Plants and Animals in Central Asia (Orta Asya'da Kutsal Bitkiler ve Hayvanlar) is a work by the French historian and orientalist Jean-Paul Roux that examines the sacred relationship between Altaic Turks and nature. Translated into Turkish in 2023 by Dergâh Publications, this work is considered an extension of Roux's book Death Among the Altaic Turks. The book addresses the sacred meanings that the Altaic peoples attribute to plants and animals within a social and cosmological context.Subj

Death Among the Altaic Turks (Altay Türklerinde Ölüm) is a Turkish translation of a 1963 work by the French Turkologist Jean-Paul Roux. Published in November 2023 as part of Dergâh Publications' History series, the work provides a comprehensive analysis of the understanding and practices of death among the Altaic peoples.Subject and ContentThe book addresses how death is understood in Altaic societies and the social function of beliefs and rituals related to death. Roux emphasizes that in this c