Ultontoz
Uzbek · mortal · Uzbek traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Ultontoz, commonly Ultan, is the antagonist of the return-half of the Alpomish epic: a half-brother of the hero fathered by Boybori upon a slave-woman. When word comes that Alpomish has perished in the Kalmyk pit-prison, Ultontoz usurps the chieftaincy of the Qungirot, rules them cruelly, and presses the faithful Barchin toward marriage. His exposure and destruction upon the hero's disguised return furnishes the epic's climactic restoration of legitimate order, and his slave origin sharpens the dastan's concern with rightful lineage and rule.
Parentage
- paternal: Boybori
Domains
- tyranny usurpation
Powers
- seize the chieftaincy in the hero's absence
Epithets
- qul o'g'li — son of a slave-womanPaksoy, H. B. Alpamysh. Hartford, CT: AACAR, 1989. (secondary)
Relations
- sibling: AlpomishHalf-brother sharing the father Boybori; his mother is a slave-woman.Paksoy, H. B. Alpamysh. Hartford, CT: AACAR, 1989. (secondary)
- enemy: AlpomishReichl, Karl. Das usbekische Heldenepos Alpomish. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2001. (primary)
Sources
- Ultontoz (Ultan) is the usurping half-brother of Alpomish, born of a slave-woman, who tyrannizes the Qungirot during the hero's captivity and is overthrown on his return.: Paksoy, H. B. Alpamysh: Central Asian Identity under Russian Rule. Hartford, CT: AACAR, 1989. (secondary); Zhirmunsky, V. M. Skazanie ob Alpamyshe i bogatyrskaya skazka. Moscow, 1960. (secondary)