Iron is so important for lots of societies in terms of both usage areas and holiness features ıt has got. Iron was also accepted as cult and the four elements which were known within the societies (earth-water-fire-air) were considered as five elements with adding iron (earth-water-fire-air-iron). Iron, which there are different ideas about it’s formation process, was generally studied under two main titles about being formed within the earth and descending from the sky. About iron, which is also mentioned in seven different suras and versicles in Kur-an, the most efficient sura is the one which is named Hadid. Such an important iron metal is being used in folk medicine besides it’s usage in the social area. The comman grounds were astipulated in this study between shaman and ‘ocaklı’. These articles indicated that these two people who we named as ‘ocaklı’ and shaman are the members of two important professions which were fedded from the same hearth. People who are being today’s follow-up of shamans used iron as the main cure element in the current heal applications. It will be dwelled upon in depth the usage of ıron in the folk medicine applications and the place and the importance of iron in heal in 7 seedbeds (albastı, diş muskası, kumru, mankafa, nazar, sarılık, yılancık)which we located in 5 cities (Adana, Denizli, Elazığ, Kütahya, Mersin). Same determinations will be made, indicating that there are usages of iron in Kur’an-ı Kerim and also in the types such as legend and epic besides this title.
İron, Cult, Ergenekon, Kur’an-ı Kerim, Folk Medicine.
| Author : | Fatma ATEŞ |
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| Number of pages: | 69-84 |
| DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.7827/TurkishStudies.8522 |
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