Altyn-Syryk
Shor · demigod · Shor traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Altyn-Syryk, 'Golden Pillar', is the hero of a Shor heroic tale recorded and published together with Kan-Pergen in the scholarly edition of Shor epics. A superhuman alp of the sung epic tradition, he crosses the vast landscape of the tale in the recurring pattern of quest, marriage-suit and single combat against hostile heroes and monstrous foes, mounted on the prescient warhorse without which no Shor alp acts.
Domains
- heroic valor
- epic quest
Powers
- undertakes the heroic quest and marriage-suit
Epithets
- Алтын-Сырық — Golden PillarA. I. Chudoyakov (ed.), Shorskie geroicheskie skazaniia, Moscow-Novosibirsk: Nauka, 1998. (primary)
Sources
- Altyn-Syryk ('Golden Pillar') is the title hero of a Shor heroic tale published alongside Kan-Pergen in the academic edition of Shor heroic epics.: A. I. Chudoyakov (ed.), Shorskie geroicheskie skazaniia: Kan-Pergen; Altyn-Syryk, Moscow-Novosibirsk: Nauka, 1998. (primary)