ISJ Theoretical & Applied Science 10(54) 2017

ISPC Applied mathematical modelling, Philadelphia, USA

Eshanova ZQ

THE IMAGE OF ASQARTOG’ AND THE MOTIF OF INITIATION.

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Scientific Object Identifier: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-10-54-7

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2017.10.54.7

Language: English

Citation: Eshanova ZQ (2017) THE IMAGE OF ASQARTOG’ AND THE MOTIF OF INITIATION. ISJ Theoretical & Applied Science, 10 (54): 32-37. Soi: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-10-54-7 Doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2017.10.54.7

Pages: 32-37

Published: 30.10.2017

Abstract: As mythological image the image of Asqartog’ performs an important literary-aesthetic function in the Uzbek dostons (folk poems). Based on the doston ‘Go’ro’g’li’ the article provides literary interpretation of the Asqartog’ mountain as the place of initiation (testing) and as the place of habitat of mistic ‘erans’.

Key words: mythology, cult, the image of mountain,mythological interpretation, mythological place of habitat, folk poems, epic place, the motif of testing-initiation, the hierarchy of ‘erans’, the system of ‘alpism’, the cave of chiltans (forty people), the ‘antahur’ wine.