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In
the time of Gorkut Ata, exceptionally brave men were called “mad” or
“insane,” for example, Mad Domrul, Mad Garçar. In the epic of Görogly
we find Mad Mätel and Mad Harman. These men who were called “mad”
were the ones who sacrificed their lives for the sake of the country.
(171)
In
the character of Däli Domrul, Gorkut Ata taught the next seventy-seven
generations how arrogance brought calamity to man:
Wealth
and ease make Däli Domrul vain and arrogant and he starts to challenge
passers-by to wrestle with him. Looking for an excuse to challenge
people, he constructed a bridge over a dried-up riverbed. He collects a
toll from those who pass over the bridge. He takes thirty toll-fees from
people crossing the bridge and forty from people who do not want to
cross over the bridge. Of course, he collects the toll unfairly by brute
force. Däli Domrul becomes world famous.
One
day, he hears the noise of a quarrel coming from a village nearby. He
goes to find out what is happening there. They say:
“Oh!
Our Han, one of our heroes has died.”
Delighted
to think he has found a worthy opponent, Domrul asks:
“Who
killed your hero? “
“Azrael
with the red wings.”
Then,
his eyes blurred with malice, he searches for Azrael. But Azrael is
supported by the divine power and never yields to earthly power. A clash
between two ends with Domrul begging for mercy.
(192-193)
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