Korkut Ata

Tengrist · mortal · legendary · mortal

The legendary Oghuz/Kazakh shaman-bard and patron of musicians, traditionally of the Syr Darya in the 8th-9th century: inventor of the kobyz fiddle and archetypal baqsı whose songs hold death at bay. Sage-narrator framing the Book of Dede Korkut, his mausoleum stands near Kyzylorda in the Kazakh steppe.

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