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- Title
BİR KIBRIS TÜRK MİTİ ÜZERİNE ANTROPOLOJİK ÇÖZÜMLEME: SARI ÖKÜZ.
- Authors
SADRAZAM, Ejdan
- Abstract
We encounter mysterious manifestations of the supernatural in all societies, whether "primitive" or contemporary. Perceptions of the supernatural have evolved throughout human history and turned into strict rules. Anthropology enables us to see the supernatural perceptions and practices that are transmitted from generation to generation through imitation or advice, not from a limited belief window, but from a broad perspective in the processes of change, transformation and development of human societies. Some situations that can be seen more clearly in "primitive" societies due to their simpler lives become obscure in today's multi-layered world of beliefs, which is the result of historical accumulation. The supernatural practices of the Turkish Cypriots were investigated retrospectively in the text of Ox the Yellow Myth. The myth is compiled from Hıfsiye Alkan (1918-2018). She was born in Karye-i Bladanisa, a Turkish village in Cyprus. She did not go to school, and learned to read and write by herself. It is worth examining as an example of Turkish eschatology myths that attempt to explain the afterlife. The beliefs about the supernatural that the Turkish Cypriots had in different ages in Ox the Yellow Myth, which has an eclectic structure with the deconstruction method that based on investigating the unexpected relationships between different parts of a text, were analyzed. It provided important information about how social intelligence designed the supernatural, its symbolic representations, the reflections of different beliefs in daily life, and finally the layered order created by different religious approaches. As a special type of anthropological syncretism, which expresses the fusion and harmony of beliefs or rituals that seem alien to each other, the concept of religious fluidity has been used to make sense of the situation in which a certain society contains belief elements belonging to different ages at a given moment. Ox the Yellow Myth is a simple example of eschatology myths. It tells us what will happen to people after this world and what will be the end of the world. It has shown that naturalism, vitalism, ancestor cult and shamanistic elements, which were included in the beliefs of the Turks before they embraced Islam. The beliefs were blended with Islam and carried to the present day. Within the scope of the research, the mythical narrative, on the one hand, allows us to obtain imaginary clues about the important stages of the Turkish Cypriots in the evolution of religious culture, on the other hand, the sacred symbols and images do not disappear immediately despite the religious changes. It has also shown us that it is transferred in accordance with social needs. This situation points precisely to the concept of religious fluidity.
- Subjects
CYPRUS; TURKISH Cypriots; SOCIAL evolution; ANCESTOR worship; SOCIAL intelligence; IMITATIVE behavior; RELIGIOUS thought; ANTHROPOLOGY; TURKS
- Publication
Milli Folklor, 2022, Vol 34, Issue 135, p18
- ISSN
1300-3984
- Publication type
Article