The Motif of Apple in Different Cultures and Its Usage in Anatolian Folk Songs
The Motif of Apple in Different Cultures and Its Usage in Anatolian Folk Songs

Summary/Abstract: Every culture employs some motifs that are peculiar to its semantic world. These motifs have a vital importance for understanding some issues within the cultures in which they function as their codes. Some of these motifs that emerge in different cultures and eras have, surprisingly, very common meanings despite their varieties in time and place. One of these motifs frequently encountered in different times and cultures is ‘apple’. In this study, the motif of apple is discussed by pointing out its meanings in different cultures, and then the Abrahamic religions are examined in this context. Finally, this motif is analyzed in the context of Anatolian folk songs. In this way, the meanings that cannot be understood in a folk song text by means of ordinary reading are clarified, and the relations of this motif in Anatolian folk songs and other cultures are introduced.

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