The traditional character of the seven concepts in the Kazakh and Turkish peoples

Abstract

Every nation has its own sacred numbers. The number seven is shrouded in the traditions and culture of the Kazakh and Turkish people. Both the Kazakh people and the Turkish people consider the number seven to be a sacred concept and use it in their daily lives and traditions. Belief in this number appeared not so long ago. It has long been believed that every number has secret meanings. Based on this, it was believed that some numbers bring a person good luck, and some-bad luck. In accordance with this, in connection with the number seven, there are studies by both Kazakh and Turkish scientists. Based on the work of these scientists, the features characteristic of the two peoples were considered. This article compares the seven numbers of the Kazakh and Turkish peoples in terms of their use in traditions and culture, folklore. The customs and traditions of both nations indicate that the meeting of the number seven does not happen by chance, but by culture and traditions, by the similarity of folklore characters. The similarities, peculiarities, and educational significance of the seven concepts in the traditions, culture, and folklore of the Kazakh and Turkish peoples will also be analyzed and compared. The article broadly states that the seven concepts are a people's forbidding, a belief, a concept born from protecting a person, a child, from the possessors of an external force. This research paper is based on previous works by Kazakh and Turkish scientists concerning the number seven, and examines the features of fairy-tale legends, culture, customs, and worldviews of both peoples. The peculiarity of the article is that the number seven is reflected in the national traditions and culture of the Kazakh and Turkish people, in the rituals of the two peoples, in many rituals and superstitions performed on the occasion of the birth and death of mankind, and in mythical folklore. Traditions and culture, folklore have always been our spiritual value; therefore, for the Turkic world, one of the relevant topics is the common ties between the Kazakh and Turkish peoples, the wealth in traditions, folklore and culture.