
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
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Muhammed Samed Acar

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
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Muhammed Samed Acar