Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
MILLI FOLKLOR, sa.88, ss.57-65, 2010 (AHCI, Scopus, TRDizin)
Since their black colors evoking death, their voices characterized as curse and their addiction to carcasses crows generally are depicted in many society almost completely negative meanings.' In Turkish cultural history comprehension towards crow follows a transformation from positive to negative sense. The aim of this study is to show this transformation by using the narratives reflected to it. In this context oral and written creations of Turkish culture such as Vusun narratives, the story of Bugach Khan, Son of Dirse Khan in The Book of Dade Korkut, proverbs, lullabies and even like a memory about a crow related with the Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's childhood are studied. In this way crow which occurs with the wolf together in Vusun narratives is characterized as completely positive meanings, with the influence of Islam is reflected in the book of Divan-i Ltigat'it Turk and the story of Bugach Khan, Son of Dirse Khan both positive and negative sense. In spite of having some positive meanings for semi-nomadic Oghuz Turks, crow with the effects of sedantarization is perceived as fully curse. Crow in cooperation with the wolf in first narratives it appears, isolated naturally and lost its divine peculiarities in sedentary life and has been reflected in contemporary folk narratives almost only negative features.