The concept of "qut" in the historic rakus

«Qut» concept which has a set of meanings in the Kazakh worldview associated with a lot of superstitions and taboos is discussed in the article. Qut lexeme, which has a deep cognitive meaning, is a linguistic unit linking the modern Turkic languages with origins because it belongs to the ancient ancestral roots of the word stock. Qut in the Kazakh worldview associated with the concept of sacred, holy. Sacred concept of the qut in worldview of the Turkic peoples, rooted in the depths of arheconsciousness, archaic system of values, transmitted through the common Turkic mythological and linguistic consciousness from generation to generation and has become a means of educating of humanism, morality, purity. In addition, it is the language reprezentantive reflecting in the language the archaic Turkic outlook, manifested as the spiritual and material values of humanity and the universe. Thus, the qut concept, had had many values in the Kazakh worldview and kept the features of the ancient Turkic mythological thinking, in the future got even more development. «Qut» concept is a complex structure with its macrosystem associated with the idea of Tengrianism. Sacred concept of the «qut» among the ancient Turks was a substance, not only bringing to mankind the power of life, wealth, prosperity, honor, and glory, but also represented the patron of the four kinds of animals, plants. This applies particularly to the female principle, which ensures the continuation of life, the continuity of generations. Old Turkic texts the notion of a higher power, revealed by Heaven, peculiar semantic paradigm of the token, eventually developed, refined and in the Middle Ages was widely used to transfer new content. Sacred concept of the «qut» in worldview of the Turkic peoples, rooted in the depths of arheconsciousness, archaic system of values, transmitted through the common Turkic mythological and linguistic consciousness from generation to generation and has become a means of educating of humanism, morality, purity. In addition, it is the language reprezentan-tive reflecting in the language the archaic Turkic outlook, manifested as the spiritual and material values of humanity and the universe. Thus, the «qut» concept, had had many values in the Kazakh worldview and kept the features of the ancient Turkic mythological thinking, in the future got even more development.

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