Gudurbay
Kumyk · deity · Kumyk traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Gudurbay is a Kumyk deity of harvest and fertility whose name is preserved in the autumn Gudurbay rite, performed by young men during the grain harvest who went from gate to gate singing for a rich crop, well-being and a happy life. Comparative study links the name to a family of ritual personages across Turkic and Daghestani communities - Terekemen and Tabasaran Gudil, Derbent Azerbaijani Gudul, Lak Gudi - associated with rain- and sun-calling. Among the Kumyks the figure is bound specifically to the autumn harvest and to the rain-goddess Zemire.
Domains
- harvest
- fertility
Powers
- grants a rich harvest
Relations
- ally: ZemireThe harvest power is bound to the rain-goddess Zemire in the agrarian cycle.Vestnik Instituta IAE (2015), no. 3, on the linkage of the fertility deity Gudurbay with the rain deity Zemire. (secondary)
Sources
- Gudurbay is originally a deity of harvest and fertility, invoked in an autumn rite performed by young men during the grain harvest who sing at house gates for a rich crop and well-being.: Obryady vyzova dozhdya v traditsionnoy kul'ture tyurkoyazychnykh narodov Prikaspiyskogo Dagestana (kumyki, nogaytsy, terekementsy). Cyberleninka. (secondary)
- The Kumyk Gudurbay belongs to a family of ritual personages (Gudil, Gudul, Gudi) shared with neighbouring Daghestani and Turkic peoples.: Seferbekov, R. I. (2015). Verkhovnye bogi (gromoverzhtsy) narodov Dagestana. Vestnik Instituta IAE, no. 3. (secondary)