Bamsi Beyrek Boyu

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Bamsi Beyrek Boyu is one of the heroic tales in the medieval Turkic epic cycle "The Book of Dede Korkut," focusing on the adventures and trials of the warrior Bamsi Beyrek.

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Bamsi Beyrek Boyu canonical 2
adventures of Bamsi Beyrek 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf episode of The Book of Dede Korkut
heroic tale
story
associatedFigure Dede Korkut
associatedRegion Anatolia
Azerbaijan
Turkmen regions
belongsToCycle Dede Korkut stories
linked to: Book of Dede Korkut
containsMotif betrothal and separation of lovers
hero’s captivity
return of the presumed-dead hero
culture Oghuz
Turkic
genre epic
heroic narrative
heroType warrior hero
influencedBy steppe warrior culture
language Oghuz Turkic
languageFamily Turkic languages
laterForm written literature
literaryForm prose with verse passages
literaryHeritageOf Azerbaijani literature
Turkish literature
Turkmen literature
literaryTradition Oghuz Turkic oral tradition
mainCharacter Bamsi Beyrek
medium oral literature
narrativeFocus adventures of Bamsi Beyrek
linked to: Bamsi Beyrek Boyu

trials of Bamsi Beyrek
origin Anatolia and surrounding Turkic regions
partOf The Book of Dede Korkut
linked to: Book of Dede Korkut
preservation manuscripts of The Book of Dede Korkut
relatedWork Dirse Han Oglu Bogach Han Boyu
Salur Kazan Boyu
linked to: Salur Kazan
religiousContext pre-Islamic and early Islamic Turkic beliefs
scholarlyField Turkology
setting Oghuz Turkic world
settingPeriod medieval era
studiedIn comparative epic studies
theme heroism
honor
love
loyalty
trials and ordeals
transmission oral performance by storytellers

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Book of Dede Korkut hasPart Bamsi Beyrek Boyu
Bamsi Beyrek Boyu narrativeFocus adventures of Bamsi Beyrek
linked to: Bamsi Beyrek Boyu
Kanli Koca Oglu Kan Turali Boyu relatedWork Bamsi Beyrek Boyu