12 Animal Images in Korean Proverbs

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 7 Sayı: 2, 267 - 293, 30.11.2024

S. Göksel Türközü , Seungeun Kım

https://doi.org/10.61729/uhad.1564061

Öz

Proverbs are a very important element in understanding the philosophy of a people as they best reveal the way of thinking and behavior of a group. In particular, proverbs related to animals better reveal the speaker’s intentions, thoughts, and values, as well as the nation’s way of life. The purpose of this article is to analyze proverbs related to animals, especially the images of Earthly Branches animals, which are expressed in Korean proverbs. The reason the Earthly Branches animal was selected is because it has an important historical, cultural, and religious position in Korea.
As a result of comparing the symbolism of the 12 animals and the images appearing in the proverbs, it was confirmed that, except for the dragon and horse, all other animals among the 12 animals are seen as negative images in the proverbs despite being deified. It is especially difficult to find proverbs in which rats, snakes and monkeys appear in positive images. Researchers who analyzed Korean animal proverbs categorized the animals representing negative views among the 12 animals as dog, cow, tiger, horse, chicken, pig, rat and snake. The reason for this can be said to be that the animal’s bad or good characteristics have a negative effect and the animal’s ecological characteristics negatively affect human life, etc.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Korean proverbs, Animal proverbs, Earthly Branches

Kore Atasözlerinde 12 Hayvan İmgesi

Öz

Atasözleri, bir halkın düşünce ve davranış biçimini en iyi şekilde ortaya koyduğu için o halkın felsefesini anlamakta çok önemli bir unsurdur. Özellikle hayvanlarla ilgili atasözleri, konuşmacının niyetini, düşünce yapısını, değer yargılarını ve halkın yaşam biçimini daha açık bir şekilde göstermektedir. Bu makalenin amacı, hayvanlarla ilgili atasözlerini, özellikle Kore atasözlerinde görünen 12 hayvan imgesini analiz etmektir. 12 hayvanının seçilmesinin nedeni, bunun Kore’de önemli bir tarihi, kültürel ve dini konuma sahip olmasıdır.
12 hayvan sembolü ve atasözlerinde görünen imgelerin karşılaştırılması sonucunda, 12 hayvan arasında ejderha ve at hariç, diğer tüm hayvanların tanrılaştırılmış olmalarına rağmen atasözlerinde olumsuz imgeler olarak görüldüğü doğrulanmıştır. Özellikle sıçan, yılan ve maymunun olumlu imge olarak göründüğü atasözleri bulmak zordur. Kore hayvan atasözlerini analiz eden araştırmacılar, 12 hayvan arasında olumsuz görüşleri temsil eden hayvanları köpek, inek, kaplan, at, tavuk, domuz, sıçan ve yılan olarak kategorize etmişlerdir. Bunun nedeni olarak, hayvanın kötü özelliğinin veya iyi bir özeliğinin olumsuz bir etkiye sahip olması ve hayvanın ekolojik özelliklerinin insan hayatını olumsuz etkilemesi vs. söylenebilir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Kore atasözleri, Hayvan atasözleri, 12 hayvanlı takvim.

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