Qutlı-Qıya
Nogai · mortal · Nogai traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Qutlı-Qıya (Kutlukaya) is the noble father of Edige in the Nogai and wider Kipchak epic. A trusted bey at the court of Toqtamish, he is falsely suspected, or refuses to surrender the peri-woman coveted by the khan, and is put to death. His unjust killing is the founding wrong of the Edige cycle, transforming his orphaned son into the sovereign's lifelong enemy and avenger.
Children
Domains
- nobility
Powers
- serves as loyal bey and counsellor
Relations
- child: EdigeFather of the hero Edige.A. I.-M. Sikaliev, Nogayskiy geroicheskiy epos (Cherkessk, 1994) (secondary)
- enemy: ToqtamishExecuted by Toqtamish, whose act sets the epic conflict in motion.V. M. Zhirmunsky, Tyurkskiy geroicheskiy epos (Leningrad, 1974) (secondary)
Sources
- Qutlı-Qıya is the bey father of Edige in the epic, put to death by Khan Toqtamish, an act that motivates Edige's revolt.: V. M. Zhirmunsky, Tyurkskiy geroicheskiy epos (Leningrad: Nauka, 1974), 'Skazanie ob Idige' (secondary); A. I.-M. Sikaliev, Nogayskiy geroicheskiy epos (Cherkessk: KChIGI, 1994) (secondary)