Brief Encyclopedia Signs and symbols of Kazakh culture
Weapons
In addition to their immediate purpose, weapons in traditional culture were considered divine, of celestial origin, or a sign and symbol of power. A special cultural status was given to bow, saber, dagger, knife, spear, kamcha and others. The researcher of traditional Kazakh weapons K. Akhmetzhanov [16] notes that in Kazakh folklore there are conspiracies with weapons. Weapons conspiracies usually mentioned the names of sacred patron saints who, according to Kazakhs, were in possession of any batyr weapon [16, p. 188]. The weapons were also part of the Kazakh bride. The semantics of the bow and arrow reflect the
ШайгОзова Ж.Н., Наурзбаева А. Б.
Краткая энциклопедия знаков и символов казахской культуры.
Алматы: КазНИИК, 2023.