PHOENIX IN MINIATURES AND A DESIGN SAMPLE


The legends, sagas, and tales are forms of address from past to future for societies. They give us solid information regarding traditions, customs, belief systems as well as ways of living in societies where they originated from. The tales, sagas, and legends also reflect the geographical and climatic features of the era through the languages they were created at. The heroes or heroines mentioned in legends, sagas, and tales usually hold human features while they sometimes could be mythological figures or creatures. Some of those creatures mentioned could have existed in reality while they might have also been built upon various creatures through some exaggeration or could completely be works of human fantasy. When the word "Phoenix" (Simurg) is mentioned, it is possible that the vast majority have touched one or more tales, their lives. According to the role of Anka-Simurg in memories, the emerald remains a monument of goodness, courageous, benevolent and sometimes as a hero, and sometimes as a monster that disturbs peace, and spreads evil and horror. There are many interpretations of this mythical mythological bird in miniature compositions. These comments are directly proportional to the good or bad character of Emerald Phoenix. Although the general comments are similar, they are present in exceptional examples In this article, the meaning of Phoenix (Simurg), the symbolic values that it holds and various miniatures and designs on which Phoenix was depicted have been explored while a design of Phoenix has been drawn in a form of composition.


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Simurg, Phoenix, Miniatures, Legend, Design

Author : Elif BAYRAK KAYA -Bilgehan KAYA
Number of pages: 2925-2953
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.29228/TurkishStudies.37822
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Turkish Studies-Social Sciences
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