Social:Garachukha

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Karachukha is a fortune teller of people. The financial situation of a person, whether or not his work is well coordinated with Karachukha's activities. According to the belief, the work of a person goes well if their Karachukha is awake. To be careful of Karachuka, one needs to name it, so it can be remembered. Therefore, in many regions of Azerbaijan, Yasin is read for Karachukha and also while cooking, salt is thrown into the dish on behalf of Karachukha. In the name of Karachukha, the dessert is distributed to poor families who come to the door. Moreover, it is a sin to refuse to salvage Garachukha.[1]

In the texts, Karachuka is always at home. It is noted that when he was lying on the roof and entering the house he should greet Karachukha. Garachuka's leaving the house is written as the closing of the family's fortune.

The name Garachuka is operated in Garabagh, Salyan, Neftchala, Lankaran, Masalli, and Mugan regions of Azerbaijan, and this character is known in Sheki-Zagatala region as Nakhsh. From the functional point of view, these characters are similar to each other, but differ from their appearance. Garachukha is usually described as a human being resembling a man with a black hole on his shoulder. It is said to be possible that personage is called Garachukha, is dervied from this. Lighthouse, guarding the herd, does not allow her to feed the birds, and does not allow the thieves to steal sheep from the flock, preventing the spread of fire when awakened at night, waking up the house yaw, and so on. There is no clear description of the outward signs of the pattern. Garachuka usually exists outside of human beings, and one's embroidery is inscribed in some texts inside and outside of others. For example, in the fairy tale about Bakht and Nakhsh's debate, Nakhsh is described inside a man. When embroidered into a person's body, his work goes well, and when he leaves his body, failures begin. The presence of the soul in the human body exists in archaic mythological imaginations. There are six types of shaman beliefs, one of which is a person's fate.[2]

According to researchers, Garachukha, Nakhichevan mythonyms appeared in the Azerbaijani environment and the archaic name of these characters is preserved among the Turkic peoples of Southern Siberia. Known as Trouble, Milk, Yula, this mythological character is one of the few souls of man. He is like a believer and can walk out of the body. It is the name of this mythological personality in the applause and insolence of the "dove" or "drifting", which is typical for Goyche, Borchali and Qazakh regions (A.Asgar).

The imaginations about Garachukha are found in different poetic forms. The vast majority of these texts are mythological traditions. Such legends, which are considered to be myths distorted, occur in the recent past, as are the language of the witnesses or the event that has happened to someone they know. In tales, Garachuka acts as a bewitching creature. Many objects, such as "Finding a Blessing", "Conflict of Blessing", "Lucky Man" and "False Falcine," are based on the concepts of Garachukha. In addition, beliefs, bayats, and other genres can also be seen in Karachuka's imaginations.[3]

References

  1. (in az) Bəydili (Məmmədov) C. Türk mifoloji sözlüyü. Bakı. “Elm”. 2003. 
  2. (in az) Əsgər Ə. Ön söz / Azərbaycan folkloru antologiyası, XII kitab (Zəngəzur folkloru), Bakı. “Səda” nəşriyyatı. 2005. 
  3. (in az) Qarabağ: folklor da bir tarixdir, IX kitab (Beyləqan, İmişli, Tərtər, Bərdə və Cəbrayıl rayonlarından toplanmış folklor örnəkləri). Bakı. “Elm və təhsil”. 2014.