“KODEKS KUMANIKUS” OBIDASIDA MOXOVLAR VA GUNOHLAR HAQIDA MASAL MASALASI

Abstract

This article analyzes moral-spiritual parables in the medieval Turkic written
monument, the “Codex Cumanicus”, in particular, images related to lepers and sins. The article
highlights the symbolic and didactic functions of the concepts of disease and sin, shows how they
were combined with the medieval religious-enlightenment worldview. The article offers a new
approach to the study of the “Codex Cumanicus” as a source of folklore