Duha Koca Oglu Deli Dumrul Boyu

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Duha Koca Oglu Deli Dumrul Boyu is a heroic tale from the Turkic epic cycle of the Book of Dede Korkut, recounting the reckless bravery and eventual moral transformation of the warrior Deli Dumrul.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic epic
heroic tale
story
associatedWith Old Anatolian Turkish
surface form: Anatolian Turkish literature

Azerbaijani literature
containsEpisode Deli Dumrul challenging Azrael
Dumrul’s parents refusing to sacrifice themselves
Dumrul’s wife offering to die for him
search for someone to die in Dumrul's place
culture Turkic
didacticFunction moral instruction for Oghuz audience
featuresCharacter Azrael
Duha Koca
God
genre epic literature
heroic legend
includedIn canonical stories of the Book of Dede Korkut
influenced later Turkish literary adaptations
language Oghuz Turkic language
surface form: Oghuz Turkic
laterMedium manuscript prose and verse
literaryTradition Book of Dede Korkut
surface form: Oghuzname cycle
mainCharacter Deli Dumrul
medium oral poetry
moral submission to God
value of self-sacrifice
motif bargain with death
bridge or dry riverbed challenge
narratorCharacter Dede Korkut
originatesFrom Oghuz Turkic oral tradition
partOf Book of Dede Korkut
preservedIn Dresden manuscript of the Book of Dede Korkut
Vatican manuscript of the Book of Dede Korkut
relatedWork other boy narratives in the Book of Dede Korkut
religiousContext Islamic-influenced Turkic belief
resolution God sparing Dumrul and his wife
setting Oghuz tribal milieu
studiedIn Turkology
comparative epic studies
theme confrontation with death
divine justice
filial piety
marital devotion
moral transformation
reckless bravery
repentance
timeOfComposition medieval period

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Book of Dede Korkut hasPart Duha Koca Oglu Deli Dumrul Boyu