Les Ilenti ou maudire son prochain en turc

The present day turkish has an important amount of formulas to curse or to damn someone. This genre, called ilenç/ilenti exists in that form from the very beginning of the turkish runic inscriptions of Central Asia. Despite the fact that islam forbits the use of the curse, grounded on a very ancient...

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Main Author: Altan Gokalp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Provence 2004-06-01
Series:Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/1207
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description The present day turkish has an important amount of formulas to curse or to damn someone. This genre, called ilenç/ilenti exists in that form from the very beginning of the turkish runic inscriptions of Central Asia. Despite the fact that islam forbits the use of the curse, grounded on a very ancient Great tradition the genre has a large use in everydays turkish. More, this practice is relevant of the main classical genres of the traditionnal turkish literature: epics, poetry, “lyrical novel” and their specific technics. Bys this dimension the ilenç is a way for disctinction and domination of the adversary. This explains the limited choice of the “targets”: human body, the family, illness, an unworthy dead, etc.
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spelling doaj.art-5c82a70858d84e3cb5a034f0bc5915c42024-02-13T15:20:56ZengUniversité de ProvenceRevue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée0997-13272105-22712004-06-0110322324910.4000/remmm.1207Les Ilenti ou maudire son prochain en turcAltan GokalpThe present day turkish has an important amount of formulas to curse or to damn someone. This genre, called ilenç/ilenti exists in that form from the very beginning of the turkish runic inscriptions of Central Asia. Despite the fact that islam forbits the use of the curse, grounded on a very ancient Great tradition the genre has a large use in everydays turkish. More, this practice is relevant of the main classical genres of the traditionnal turkish literature: epics, poetry, “lyrical novel” and their specific technics. Bys this dimension the ilenç is a way for disctinction and domination of the adversary. This explains the limited choice of the “targets”: human body, the family, illness, an unworthy dead, etc.https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/1207
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