Mythological aspect of some Kazakh toponyms

Kazakh toponymy is an integral part of the spiritual culture of our people, rich in historical linguistic data and materials. After all, in the content of the names of each nation, there are many centuries-old events of political and social life of this ethnic group, various layers of cultural and spiritual life. Generally,linguistics has written research papers in several areas related to Kazakh toponymy, but the problem of considering toponyms in connection with mythological thinking and the system of myths has not yet become a specific, comprehensive object of research. In this regard, the purpose of the scientific research of this article is to describe some toponyms in the Kazakh language, including toponyms associated with the phrase rich, "female goddess", which are associated with all - Turkic sacred concepts of mythological nature "sacred, holy", in comparison with the materials of Turkic languages from the historical point of view. According to it, the article is relevant to identify and analyze the manifestations of the mythical system in the spiritual worldview of the Turkic-speaking peoples, including the Kazakh people, formed in connection with the environment in ancient times, with a semantic and etymological analysis of the composition of the toponyms of Kotankaragai and Bayanaul in Kazakhstan. As a result of the analysis, the following problems were achieved: first, the cognitive level of the Kazakh people originates from ancient Turkic mythological worldviews, secondly, the common content and idea of myths common to the entire Turkic world, i.e. the common content and common Turkic sound correspondence of the mythical text nature of the ancient Turkic Goddess Umai - a woman, the usage of the cognition of a rich mother, and thirdly, the sacred concept of this "female goddess" (Umai- the scientific and practical significance of the work is determined by our attempt to prove in a new way the manifestation of the female goddess, Bai(Holy, Sacred) Mother) in the toponyms Bayanaul and Kotankaragai in Kazakhstan on the basis of previous research and previously ignored sources.