The story of “Kuntug‘mish”: love, desert and betrayal
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Retell the beginning of the dastan in five sentences.
The answer should include the viziers’ hope, Xolbeka’s rule, the dreams, the portrait, the journey and the sentence.
2
Describe Kuntug‘mish’s character with two adjectives and give evidence.
For example: faithful – he did not abandon Xolbeka in the desert; brave – he killed the dragon.
3
Explain how the boys’ names arose.
Mohiboy from mohi (fish), Gurkiboy from gurk (wolf).
4
Write one sentence about Qosim and one about Azbarxo‘ja.
Qosim is honest and left water on the road; Azbarxo‘ja is selfish and betrayed.
5
Why do you think folk dastans show good and evil so sharply?
Idea: to give listeners a lesson and strengthen belief in the victory of justice.