Jakyp

Kyrgyz · mortal · heroic age · Recorded classification

The wealthy but long-childless herdsman whose desperate prayers for a son open the epic. His joy and anxiety at the birth of a supernatural-seeming child establish the dynastic frame; in Radloff's text he is son of Kara-khan and husband of Chyiyrdy, the mother of Manas.

Children

Manas

Domains

herding
fatherhood
wealth

Relations

father of: ManasA. T. Hatto, 'The Birth of Manas', Asia Major 14.2 (1969); W. Radloff, Proben V (1885), the Birth of Manas (scholarly)

Sources

existence: A. T. Hatto, 'The Birth of Manas', Asia Major 14.2 (1969); W. Radloff, Proben V (1885), the Birth of Manas (scholarly)

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