SIMILAR and DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE HEALING MOTIF DETERMINED IN THE TURKISH EPICS and THE FINNISH NATIONAL EPIC IN THE CONTEXT OF FOLK MEDICINE
SIMILAR and DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE HEALING MOTIF DETERMINED IN THE TURKISH EPICS and THE FINNISH NATIONAL EPIC IN THE CONTEXT OF FOLK MEDICINE

Summary/Abstract: Magic / magic motifs within the scope of frost changing, disguise / shape change, improvement, revival, such as motifs can be counted. Other motifs can be used for both good and bad purposes, except for healing and resurrection. In particular, the improvement of the motif of rehabilitation (folk reproduction) also shows the historical basis of natural healing. The resurrection motif is the manifestation of creation myth. In other words, it can be thought of that the human being receives a box and provides the order in the middle world with a favor provided by God. It is tried to use plants in the studied epics, but it is not beneficial for herbal treatment alone. In the context of folk medicine, it can be mentioned that there are practices regarding treatment and the practices of Central Asian shaman cult by using nature. Here we will try to identify similar and different mythological elements by comparing the mythological Turkish epics with the epic of Kalevala: Finnish epic, the healing pattern used for the resurrection of the hero who died along with magic / magic, magical herbs or magical words. We will also see the folk medicine motif, also known as right-handing, in the motif of death.

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