Siirt Efsane ve Halk İnanışlarında Yılan Miti
The Myth of Snake In Siirt Legend and Folk Beliefs

Summary/Abstract: In this article, myth of snakes in Siirt legends will be trail from myths to contemporary world. In the first part of this study which consist of two main parts: the view of the snake is studied examples from the world mythology, in the second part snake elements in Siirt legends will be tried to interpret. Snake in Siirt legends and folk beliefs is often the enemy of human beings. In narratives snake which was regarded as a cool animal leading up to the extinction and death, rarely in some of legend texts and belief elements is perceived as the protector and the guardian of human beings. Especially there is a widespread belief that black snake is the protector of families in the region known as Seyyid. Summarized above, snake harms the human beings and kills with poison in the six of our myths about the snake. In some parts of this text snake is portrayed as an extraordinary creature like human-snake. Only one legend the story of snake is the protector of humans’ beings. But this legend is mentioned in two different snakes. While black snake is protector of human beings, gray snake is poisonous. From the primitive narrating periods to today’s modern myths snake have constantly engaged the human mind and so it has been protagonist of irrational narratives in common folk memory. Snakes which get involved in Siirt legends with color, appearance, and other attributes should be evaluated in this context.

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