Allayar
Karakalpak · mortal · Karakalpak traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Allayar is the semi-nomadic ruler of Sarkop and the father of the heroine Gulaim in Qırq qız. He indulges his daughter's refusal of marriage and grants her the island of Miuweli, where she raises her fortress and trains the forty maidens. His death in the Kalmyk assault on Sarkop, together with the captivity of its people, precipitates the epic's central action: Gulaim's campaign of vengeance and liberation. Allayar thus functions as the patriarchal order whose destruction the maiden host must avenge and restore.
Children
Domains
- sovereignty
Powers
- endows his daughter with land and stronghold
Relations
- child: GulaimQırq qız (Forty Girls), Karakalpak epic. (secondary)
- enemy: SurtaishaSlain when Surtaisha's Kalmyks storm Sarkop.Qırq qız (Forty Girls), Karakalpak epic. (secondary)
Sources
- Allayar is the ruler of the fortress of Sarkop and father of Gulaim; he grants her the island of Miuweli and is killed when the Kalmyk khan Surtaisha invades.: Qırq qız (Forty Girls), Karakalpak heroic epic. (secondary)