MEZAR VE MEZARLIKLARIN BİNBİR GECE MASALLARINDAKİ YANSIMALARI
REFLECTIONS OF GRAVES AND CEMETERIES IN THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS TALES

Summary/Abstract: The grave is an element that impacts human life and social consciousness in terms of being the last stop of the life journey that begins with birth and continues until the moment of death. In this respect, it is understandable and natural that the centers of perception that develop around graves and cemeteries instill ideas such as death, transition to the afterlife, inevitable end, eternal rest, eternity, eternity, or absolute darkness. In all periods of history, the reality of death has been thought about and tried to make sense of. The fact that both celestial religions and local religions have many commonalities in their view of death and the grave in connection with death, and the fact that every human being will ultimately experience the end called death, has brought the understanding of death and the grave to a place on the agenda in the internal and external world of society. In addition, depending on the fact that many cultures throughout history have believed in life after death, graves have been seen as a stop on the way to the next stage and a gateway to the afterlife. In this respect, graves, the most precise reflection of the reality of death, have gained a great place in the oral and written cultural products of societies. In the Thousand and One Nights Tales, this study analyzes the thoughts of graves/graveyards, which are the transitional places between the world of the living and the dead. The appearance of cemeteries in The Thousand and One Nights Tales is classified under thirteen headings.

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