ATASÖZLERİNDEN ÖRNEKLERLE KAZAN-TATAR TÜRKLERİNİN GELENEKSEL DÜNYA GÖRÜŞÜNDE İYİ(LİK) VE KÖTÜ(LÜK)

Proverbs play important function alongside traditional narratives (e.g. myths, tales, legends) in that sense. They are symbolic images that reflect the perceptions, way of thinking, and understanding of a particular society, including their cultural and behavioural patterns. In the context of the Ka...

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Published inKaradenīz araştırmaları no. 73; pp. 167 - 182
Main Author Tekin, Fatma
Format Journal Article
LanguageTurkish
Published Centre for Black Sea Studies 2022
Karadeniz Araştırmaları Merkezi
Subjects
Comparative history
Cultural history
Oral history
Evil
KazanTatar Turks
Traditional world view
Proverbs
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Summary:Proverbs play important function alongside traditional narratives (e.g. myths, tales, legends) in that sense. They are symbolic images that reflect the perceptions, way of thinking, and understanding of a particular society, including their cultural and behavioural patterns. In the context of the Kazan Tatars, they give us a gimps into how they understand good and evil. This study will focus on examining just that – through 145 Kazan Tatar proverbs, sourced from volume three of Tatar Halık Mekalleri (Tatar People's Proverbs) by Nekıy İsenbet. Our findings reveal that proverbs constitute the essence of the Kazan Tatars’ traditional world view and folk philosophy. They are clear codes that reflect their socio-cultural values and norms system, in relation their understanding of good and bad. They moreover appear to serve as an instructional function: they carry wisdom meant to be handed down intergenerationally. They teach individuals how they ought to be have, how to recognize good from bad, and encourage them to always seek good, truth and beauty.
ISSN:1304-6918