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Ponte Academic Journal
Oct 2017, Volume 73, Issue 10

THE IMAGE OF "DEFENDER-HERO” IN HISTORICAL EPOSES. (On the materials of the Kazakh Epics)

Author(s): Gulnaz Dautova ,B. Azibayeva, Z. Aimuhambet, K. Sarekenova, R. Abilkhamitkyzy

J. Ponte - Oct 2017 - Volume 73 - Issue 10
doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2017.10.17



Abstract:
The article defines the image of a defender-hero in the historical epics of the Kazakh people. In the historical poems, the character of \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"defender - hero\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" is portrayed in different ways. Usually main hero�s prototype is a real person that lived in particular region around that time. We can say that historical epic�s characters are realistic and conditional. It is known that they act within historical events, but at the same time being able to serve in epics legislation. As we can see from the poems, he was a mentor and educator who gathered around him a brave young man. From \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"defender hero\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" he has transformed into a heritage of character that cares his people. Young heroes close to Khan even though how valiant they never refuse take advice given by senior hero and do as they say, we can clearly understand their unity to keep peace by protecting people and their country from menace and danger. Because of such heroes were the protectors of our Kazakh nation we could withstand all kind of misfortunes and dangers and survived. Heroes did not just own the great steppe they also prevented it from all sort of menace. In historical epics, it is evident that the heroes served all their life during unstable and difficult times, when they did not manage to resolve their own personal problems. \\\\\\\\nIn addition, the psalms belonging to the historical epic genre of Kazakh folklore, which we are considering, are diverse. In all of them honored portrait of hero that served his country. However, according to the purpose and the main theme of the epos, we have noticed that the \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"defender-hero�s\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" personality image is different.
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