The Horse in Turkish Mythology, Ahal-teke and Hyotherapy Methods

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 8 Sayı: 1, 1 - 25, 31.05.2025

Kifayet Özkul

https://doi.org/10.53048/johass.1591641

Öz

The horse, which has been a source of inspiration in many fields from architecture to art in Turkish civilizations rising on horses from Turkestan to Anatolia, has been an indispensable element and cult at every stage of Turkish cultural history with the words “The horse is the wing of the Turk” in Divan-ı Lügat'it Türk written by Kashgarlı Mahmut and “A man on foot has no hope” in Dede Korkut. The horse, which is associated with the symbol of “time” in Kutadgu Bilig and with the “Big Dipper Constellation” in Turkish cosmology, has become famous as a close friend and valuable asset of bards such as Dadaloğlu, Köroğlu, Karacaoğlan. The horse, which has made significant contributions to the development of cultures and civilizations in the historical process, has been described as a social and emotional being in many myths, legends, epics and stories about the Turks and has been used to treat people thanks to its strong intuition. In this context, in this article, the history, care, nutrition and hypnotherapy methods of Ahal-Teke horses, which have an important place with their elegance, posture, anatomy and universal value, indispensable helpers of human life, mythologically called “Gök horses-Nesey horses-Turkmen horses” in the literature, will be discussed.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Ahal-Teke , Hippotherapy Methods , Turkish Mythology.

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