Aga Ýunus
Turkmen · numen · Turkmen traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Aga Ýunus is the peri wife of Görogly in the Turkmen dastan. A fairy of the supernatural race of peris, she is beheld by the hero in a dream; he journeys to win her and brings her to Çandybil. Sources present her as the wise counsellor of the cycle, gifted with foresight, whose guidance secures the hero's victories and whose warnings, when ignored, bring him to grief.
Domains
- foresight
Powers
- counsel with prophetic foresight
Epithets
- Aga Ýunus peri — Aga Ýunus the fairyReichl, Karl. Turkic Oral Epic Poetry, 1992, p. 322. (secondary)
Relations
- spouse: GöroglyEncyclopaedia Iranica, 'Köroğlu ii. Performance Aspects', 2009. (secondary)
Sources
- Aga Ýunus is a peri (fairy) whom Görogly first sees in a dream, seeks out, and marries, and whose wise counsel he consistently obeys.: Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'Köroğlu ii. Performance Aspects', 2009. (secondary); Reichl, Karl. Turkic Oral Epic Poetry, 1992, p. 322. (secondary)