POLİTEİZMES OF THE TURKİC KAGANATE’S PERİOD

Abstract

The article focuses on the impact of religious belief, common among the Turkic tribes during the Turkic kaganate in the folklore of the Turkic peoples. Speaking about the deities and their functions, in the views of established Turks, traces the root causes of transformation of values in connection with the approval of the god Tengri in the era of Turkic kaganate. In addition, the reasons of transformation and reflection of some mythological character in Turkish folklore, which were formed on the basis of these trends, as Buddism, maniheyzm, Nestorianism, etc.