MEKSİKA GELENEKLERİ VE ÖLÜM OLGUSUNUN MEKSİKA HALK ANLATILARINDAKİ YERİ
MEXICAN TRADITIONS AND THE PLACE OF DEATH IN MEXICAN FOLK NARRATIVES

Summary/Abstract: Death has been one of the most researched and feared mysteries throughout human history. However, it is evident that Mexican society perceives the phenomenon of death differently than most other nations. The fact that Mexicans are involved in death-related rituals from childhood and, unlike most other nations, are not raised to fear death and be kept away from it are just a few of the differences in this society's approach to death. The belief that the spirits of the deceased live on by commemorating them, particularly on the Day of the Dead, is widespread in Mexico. Death, which is generally perceived as taboo, is also approached differently in Mexican folk narratives. In these narratives passed down from generation to generation, death is perceived as a normal stage of life. The narrator recounts it calmly, as if describing an ordinary daily event. This study examines folk narratives collected from different rural regions of Mexico, exploring approaches to the concept of death in Mexican oral literary tradition. When examining these narratives, published in Turkish under the title Meksika Masalları, one encounters numerous examples that either mock death or treat it as something ordinary. In the six narratives examined, death finds both adults and children. Furthermore, these narratives reveal how elements derived from both Mexico's indigenous ancestors and Catholic teachings are blended and conveyed to the listener.

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