Poems from the Turkish Epic
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Poems from the Turkish Epic

Adapted by Gene Doty from Gülten Yener's Prose Translation.

copyright 2001 by Gene Doty and Gülten Yener

  1. The Altaic Creation Myth
  2. God Kara-han Gets Splashed
  3. Falling from God
  4. The Origin of the Altaic Tribes
  5. Notes on the Altaic Myths
The Holy Ones in the Tree.
The images on these pages are by contemporary Turkish artist, Can Göknil. Her paintings and prints can be seen on two web sites, Can Göknil's online studio and lebriz.com Her work is, of course, copyright © by Can Göknil, with all rights reserved.

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