Ashyk Aýdyň Pir
Turkmen · mortal · Turkmen traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Ashyk Aýdyň Pir is the patron saint of Turkmen minstrels and singers. Tradition places him in the eleventh or twelfth century and preserves his memory at a mausoleum in the Daşoguz region of northern Turkmenistan. Aspiring bagshy make pilgrimage there, sleeping on its threshold in the hope that the pir will appear in a dream to bestow the gift and blessing of song. He is named with Baba Gammar and Gorkut Ata among the tutelary founders of the Turkmen musical tradition.
Domains
- music
Powers
- initiate singers in dream
Epithets
- aýdymçylaryň piri — the patron of singersGovernment of Turkmenistan, 'Traditions of bagshy musicians, dating back centuries', turkmenistan.gov.tm, post 107570. (secondary)
Sources
- Ashyk Aýdyň Pir is venerated as the patron saint of Turkmen singers and bards; his mausoleum in the Daşoguz region is visited by aspiring musicians who sleep there hoping to meet the pir in a dream.: Zeranska-Kominek, S. and A. Lebeuf. The Tale of Crazy Harman. Warsaw: DiG, 1997. (secondary); Government of Turkmenistan, 'Traditions of bagshy musicians', turkmenistan.gov.tm, post 107570. (secondary)