#turkish folklore

[captain-shelleye]

Bald Shelleye theory

Our Turkish friends said he looks like a character named Bald Kid

Kaloghlan - Wikipedia

[allmythologies]

day 25 of horror mythology: akarisi

al karisi is a demon in turkish folkore whose name means “the scarlet woman,” or “the red wo man.” al karisi stalks women who have recently given birth to a child. many al demons will kidnap or otherwise harm infants, but al karisi is primarily interested in the new mothers. she watches and waits for the mother to fall asleep before entering the room and cutting out the woman’s liver. she has hypnotic powers which render her targets paralyzed when they meet her gaze. it is said that they can be fully conscious and aware of what’s happening but unable to move or to call out while the demon tears into them and takes their organs. when she strikes her victims, it doesn’t leave a bloody murder scene. there are no gashes, cuts, or even bruises upon her prey. it appears to the world that the woman suffered a sudden and mysterious death in her sleep.

[turqishcharm]

Turkish youth from Kosovo in their traditional clothes. Doğru Yol Ensemble.

[balkanturksblog]

Turkish folk dance Kâzibem from Çalıklı/Чалакли, Valandovo, Macedonia.

Çalıklı is very close to the Greek border. In the Ottoman empire it was part of the kaza of Doyran. According to the "Ethnographie des Vilayets d'Andrinople, de Monastir et de Salonique" (1878) book, 60 Muslim families (133 people) lived in the village. According to Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village was populated by 260 Turks. According to Macedonian census of 2002, 358 people live in Çalıklı. 

Engagement ceremonies in the region are usually with a meal. Alva, fasil (bean), and meat soup are served. This is called “engagement dinner”. Meal expenses belong to the girls.

Meals are usually served on the floor table, one of these tables is special, they call it the “kayınna” mother-in-law table. Before the she sits for eating, she puts money on the table. Whoever set (prepared) that table, the money left by the mother-in-law will be left to them.

Someone secretly steals and hides things like spoons and forks from the mother-in-law's table. The reason for this is that when the bride goes to her new house, the bride can eat from these stolen spoons and forks."

[turqishcharm]

Kahvehâne in Kütahya, Turkey by Feyyaz Çetinel, 2016.

The detection of coffee in folklegend has been associated with the mystical figures around Sufi orders. One popular legend attributes the original detection of drink to the founder of Şazeli order, Ebu'l-Hasan Ali eş-Şazeli. He became the patron saint of the coffee-dealers' guild, so the phrase "Ya Hazret-I Şeyh Şazeli" was placed in the shops of coffee-dealers and in the lodges of various orders.

The Coffeehouses in Early Modern Istanbul by Ahmet Yaşar

[espanolbot2]

Fables and Folktales: The Boy Who Found Fear At Last

Remember folks, with great power comes great responsibility, but with great responsibility comes great existential terror!

[darlingsjunk]

Drew a scene from the Turkish fairy tale “What God May Neglect, the Fish Will Not Forget”

[werewolf-gardening-club]

I just downloaded lots of academic papers about Turkish Folklore. If my family stays lost to me, I’ll find out about stuff on my own :) Also witchcraft research :D