The orphan heroes of Turkish heroic epics

Abstract

The orphan heroes who are seen in the texts expressed the derivation of Kok-Turks and Wu-Suns, are oftenly been in Turkish heroic epics which occurs in the later periods. The events in these epic texts where the role of orphan heroes was a star, have been figured out the works of the heroes such as taking revenge and reconstruct the destroyed cosmos. The revenge struggle througout the khan's and tribes that killed, kidnapped the familly or nation and destroyed the nomad group of epic's hero is often pointed out in the heroic epics of Turkish communities such as Kazak, Kirgiz, Altay, Şor, Hakas, Tiva.