Türk ve Kore Kültürlerinde İye Kavramı

Abstract

Turkish and Korean culture, whose roots extend to the Ural-Altay geography, contains some beliefs and practices that are still remembered and practiced, although they have undergone changes due to cultural exchanges throughout history. Mythological memory is so strong that some rituals and beliefs have remained alive in people's minds, even though they have been disconnected from their context and do not fulfill their former function. Today, Korean culture, which is thousands of kilometers away from the Ural-Altai geography and influenced by the cultures of countries such as China, Japan and America, still has traces of its origins in its folk religion practices. The same situation applies to Turks migrating to the east. The concept of owner spirit, which developed around the earth-water belief, which is an ancient belief of Turkish mythology, is still alive today. Sacred beings, who are referred to as "gods" in Korean mythology studies but are accepted as "iye (owner spirit)" in this study, are also very similar to Turkish iye in terms of function. In the context of Turkish and Korean mythology studies, the concept of "iye (owner spirit)" is comparatively examined for the first time in this research; were examined according to similarities and differences.