Basat’in Tepegözü Öldürdüğü Boy

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Basat’in Tepegözü Öldürdüğü Boy is a heroic tale from the Book of Dede Korkut that recounts the Oghuz hero Basat’s battle with and slaying of the man-eating cyclops Tepegöz.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Oghuz epic
heroic tale
story
associatedWith Oghuz
surface form: Oghuz tribes
centralConflict Basat’s battle with Tepegöz
comparedWith Homer's Odyssey
surface form: Odysseus and Polyphemus episode in the Odyssey
containsElement prophetic narration by Dede Korkut
supernatural strength
culture Oghuz
featuresCharacter Dede Korkut
functionInTradition moral and heroic exemplar tale
genre epic
mythic narrative
hasAntagonist Tepegöz
hasMainCharacter Basat
hasTheme cunning and strength
heroic bravery
protection of the community
struggle against evil
heroTribe Oghuz
influencedBy Turkic mythological motifs
language Oghuz Turkish
laterMedium written literature
literaryTradition Turkic oral tradition
medium oral literature
monsterType man-eating cyclops
motif cyclops
hero versus monster
man-eating giant
rescue of people from a devourer
narrativeRoleOfDedeKorkut storyteller
originatesIn Epic of Köroğlu
surface form: Anatolian-Turkic epic cycle
partOf Book of Dede Korkut
plotEvent Basat slays Tepegöz
preservedIn Dresden manuscript of the Book of Dede Korkut
Vatican manuscript of the Book of Dede Korkut
regionOfReception Anatolia
Azerbaijan
Turkic world
surface form: Turkic-speaking world
setting mythic Oghuz world
timeOfFixation medieval period
workInSeries Book of Dede Korkut
surface form: Dede Korkut stories

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Book of Dede Korkut hasPart Basat’in Tepegözü Öldürdüğü Boy