Gorkut Ata
Turkmen · mortal · Turkmen traditional religion; continuing · mortal
Gorkut Ata, better known internationally as Dede Korkut, is the legendary sage and patriarch of the Oghuz Turks, the framing narrator and name-giver of the Book of Dede Korkut. A soothsayer, counsellor to khans, and master of the kopuz who sings the deeds of heroes, he is claimed by the Turkmen as an ancestral figure and revered as the patron-saint and protector of all bagshy. His tradition, rooted in the medieval Oghuz world, has continued in living Turkmen veneration alongside the later musical patrons Baba Gammar and Ashyk Aýdyň.
Domains
- wisdom
- music
Powers
- pronounce names and destinies
Epithets
- ozanlaryň piri