튀르크족의 민담에 나타난 영웅의 특징 - 바라바 튀르크족의「제스테이 묑쾨」민담

On the Characteristic Features of a Legendary Turkic Hero

  This article aims to investigate the characteristic features of the legendary hero 　Jestey M？ngk？ who appears in a folktale of the Siberian Baraba Turkic people. This folktale contains the shamanistic world view of the Baraba Turkic people and various characteristics of their steppe life. Baraba Turkic, who belongs to the Tatar Turkic people group, was converted to Islam in the 16th century. All though this folktale was collected by Russian Turcologist Radloff in the 19th century, interestingly we can not find any Islamic trace in this. Furthemore this is full of pre-Islamic mythological motifs which are peculiar to Turkic peoples in Central Asia and Siberia, reflecting not only the system of beliefs and traditional worldview of the ancient Turkic. In this folktale, 　Jestey M？ngk？　 is described as very shamanistic and typical nomadic hero who is eager to be a warrior.