THE MEANING OF THE BIRDS
IN OUR CULTURES
BIRDNET ETWINNING PROJECT
BIRDS IN TURKISH CULTURE -SEDA GÖÇHAN
Birdhouses, examples of which have been encountered in Ottoman architecture since the 16th century, were structures designed to protect birds and use them as nests. Birdhouses were built on the walls of both houses and public buildings such as mosques, hospitals and hospices.
BIRDS IN TURKISH CULTURE -SEDA GÖÇHAN
GURABAHANE-İ LAKLAKAN
The fond stork house was established in the 19th century in the Ottoman period for the care and treatment of migratory birds, especially storks.
BIRDS IN TURKISH CULTURE -SEDA GÖÇHAN
(Huma Bird Turkısh Culturel Song)
According to the legend, the Huma bird, which is believed to bring wealth and happiness, sits in heaven and reaches the seven heavens by flying, going back and forth to Allah. The belief in this legend takes place in the mythology of Asia Minor.
BIRDS IN TURKISH CULTURE - SEDA GÖÇHAN
This is an article about Birds in Turkish culture. Here is a summary of article. You can read more from the link.
Birds have appeared as the symbol of nobility, strength, beauty and mercy in many civilizations like Turkish culture throughout history. Birds that emerge as extraordinary figures and motifs in Turkish mythology such as Zümrüdü Anka and Alp Karakuş, have been used to describe different symbols and emotions in many areas of Turkish culture and art, also have been appeared as the symbol and reputation of sovereign Turkish societies and reigns, such as the double-headed eagle. In addition, birds have been highly respected and used in military, administrative and economic fields in Turkish history. The excess of bird names given to human figures and various geographical and settlement areas is an important indicator for expressing the wide place of birds in Turkish history. It is still possible to see the trace of those culture of birds in today's Turkish geography. In this research, various information about birds observed in Turkish culture, art, history and mythology is compiled and presented.
BIRDS IN TURKISH CULTURE -ZÜBEYDE TAŞKIN
The Tugrul (Turul) bird is the ancestor of eagle species. We can easily say that the bird of prey in the flag of European Huns and Seljuks is Tuğrul (Turul). Again, moving from the legend, the ongunu of the Kayıs, which are two of the twelve branches of the Bozoks, is the hawk; On the other hand, the majority of Avşars are imperial eagles. The name of Ertuğrul Gazi, the father of Tuğrul Bey, the founder of the Great Seljuk State, and Osman Gâzi, the founder of the Ottoman State, comes from the Tuğrul (Turul) bird.
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BIRDS IN TURKISH CULTURE - BÜŞRA BAYBAŞ
BIRDS IN TURKISH CULTURE - BÜŞRA BAYBAŞ
BIRDS IN TURKISH CULTURE - BÜŞRA BAYBAŞ
BIRDS IN TURKISH CULTURE- IRFAN KILIÇTAŞ
Since the earliest times, various bird names have been used as names or titles for many beings of more or less importance and importance in Turkish thought, language, life and culture. As a matter of fact, among the Turks, among the names given to places such as cities, mountains, rivers, lakes, in their ancestry, ancestry, personal names and titles, there are quite a lot of birds belonging to them. Even some names of gods and spirits in pre-Islamic Turkish beliefs are related to birds. Birds in almost every branch of fine arts, starting from daily life and primarily in poetry, entering and leaving sound, word, color, line, note, melody and many other things in the depth of time, in the wide and subtlety of imagination, thinking and fiction.
They are placed in an exceptional place.
BIRDS IN NORTH MACEDONIA CULTURE- BLAGORODNA SOTIROW
BIRDS IN POLISH CULTURE - TOMASZ ORDZA
BIRDS IN POLISH CULTURE - TOMASZ ORDZA
BIRDS IN POLISH CULTURE - TOMASZ ORDZA
BIRDS IN POLISH CULTURE - TOMASZ ORDZA
BIRDS IN POLISH CULTURE - TOMASZ ORDZA
BIRDS IN POLISH CULTURE - TOMASZ ORDZA
BIRDS IN POLISH CULTURE - TOMASZ ORDZA
BIRDS IN POLISH CULTURE - TOMASZ ORDZA
BIRDS IN POLISH CULTURE - TOMASZ ORDZA
BIRDS IN POLISH CULTURE- TOMASZ ORDZA
Birds and tales
in the pictures there are birds from Disney's tales.
The hornbill is from the tale The Lion King.
Macaw comes from a tale Rio.
The ostrich, on the other hand, comes from the tale Looney Tunes.
The owl is from the tale of the sleeping beauty.
BIRDS IN POLISH CULTURE- MARIA ROBALO &TOMASZ ORDZA
BIRDS IN ALBANIA CULTURE- SILVANA ÇELA
BIRDS IN ALBANIA CULTURE- SILVANA ÇELA
BIRDS IN UKRAINIAN CULTURE - VIKTORIIA HARBUZ
Stork
The stork is respected by the Ukrainian people. It is believed that it brings good things to people: children, happiness, spring. Many beliefs are associated with "fidelity in marriage."
Swallow
It is a symbol of spring, and brings good things to people. Ukrainians believe that where a swallow makes a nest, there will be happiness. The swallow in ritual texts is a creature that brings good news, love and wealth. In Ukrainian folk songs the swallow is a sign of the birth of love.
BIRDS IN UKRAINIAN CULTURE - VIKTORIIA HARBUZ
Dove
According to popular Ukrainian belief, the dove is a pure, holy, divine bird. According to Christian tradition, the dove of the Holy Spirit descended from heaven at the baptism of Jesus Christ. Therefore, the people believe that the dove is the Lord's favorite bird and that it sanctifies water, thus preparing for baptism. The dove is a bird of peace and love, a pair of doves symbolizes love and fidelity in marriage.
Lark
The lark in Ukrainian culture is considered a pure, divine bird. Ukrainian legends say that larks, like swallows, pulled thorns out of Christ's crown of thorns or brought news to the Virgin about her Son.
BIRDS IN UKRAINIAN CULTURE - VIKTORIIA HARBUZ
Nightingale
In Ukrainian culture the nightingale is a holy and free bird of God, singer of goodness and love, a symbol of spring and freedom, high inspiration and a sign talented singers. No other bird is able to sing as perfect as a nightingale can: the nightingale is the best singing talent in the bird world. In Ukraine, the nightingale begins to sing in early May, when the gardens bloom. People say that it starts singing "after drinking water from birch leaves".
The Ukrainian band Go-A performed the song Nightingale at Eurovision 2020.
BIRDS IN ITALIAN CULTURE- STEFANIA BERTONE
Birds have often been taken in italian heraldry as an example of pride and strength (golden and imperial eagle), purity (swan), as high ideals (birds of prey in general) or as symbols of rebirth (pelican, myth of the phoenix).
This is Genoa heraldry symbol:
The two winged Griffins made their appearance - in the form of an imprint - since 1139, when the Genoese began to mint their own coins. The griffin, a powerful chimeric animal symbol of the custody of wealth, in heraldry is considered a symbol of ferocity, alertness and warrior vigilance.
BIRDS IN ITALIAN CULTURE- STEFANIA BERTONE
However, one of the most famous symbol in our culture is the Roman Eagle:
Few symbols represent ancient Rome as powerfully as the eagle. Perched atop the legionnaire's banner, with outstretched wings, this ferocious hunting bird represented the arch of the Roman Empire.
BIRDS IN ITALIAN CULTURE- STEFANIA BERTONE
The Empire reached its largest expanse under Trajan (reigned 98–117), encompassing an area of 5 million square kilometres.
BIRDS IN ITALIAN CULTURE- STEFANIA BERTONE
Gaius Julius Fedro was a Roman writer, author of famous fables, active in the first century. Phaedrus represents an isolated voice of literature: he plays a subordinate poetic role as the fable was not considered a "high" literary genre even if it possessed a pedagogical character and a moral purpose.
In his fables, (often taken from Aesop) birds are often used as moral characters, for example in the fox and the stork.
BIRDS IN ITALIAN CULTURE- STEFANIA BERTONE
The Fox one day thought of a plan to amuse himself at the expense of the Stork, at whose odd appearance he was always laughing.
“You must come and dine with me today,” he said to the Stork, smiling to himself at the trick he was going to play. The Stork gladly accepted the invitation and arrived in good time and with a very good appetite.
For dinner the Fox served soup. But it was set out in a very shallow dish, and all the Stork could do was to wet the very tip of his bill. Not a drop of soup could he get. But the Fox lapped it up easily, and, to increase the disappointment of the Stork, made a great show of enjoyment.
BIRDS IN ITALIAN CULTURE- STEFANIA BERTONE
The hungry Stork was much displeased at the trick, but he was a calm, even-tempered fellow and saw no good in flying into a rage. Instead, not long afterward, he invited the Fox to dine with him in turn. The Fox arrived promptly at the time that had been set, and the Stork served a fish dinner that had a very appetizing smell. But it was served in a tall jar with a very narrow neck. The Stork could easily get at the food with his long bill, but all the Fox could do was to lick the outside of the jar, and sniff at the delicious odor. And when the Fox lost his temper, the Stork said calmly:
Do not play tricks on your neighbors unless you can stand the same treatment yourself.
BIRDS IN TURKISH CULTURE-PINAR BOZKURT
Birds form crowded-footed (tetrapods) with about four thousand occurrences .They live in all ecosystems around the world,from the North Pole to the South Pole. Their size varies from 5 cm in bee attack to 2,7 m in ostrich. According to the fossils found, the birds are descended from dinosaurs in the Jurassic Period, about 150-200 million years ago. The first known bird is Archeopteryx, which lived about 155-150 years ago in the Jurassic Period.
BIRDS IN TURKISH CULTURE-PINAR BOZKURT
Birds that have entered folk songs, stories and traditions in Anatolian culture have permeated our lives and culture. According to the tradition called "Eating a Bird" in the Eastern Black Sea region, there is a belief that if you get up early in the morning before the Cuckoo Birds start to sing, you will have a bad day. In this belief, which is also common among the peoples of the Caucasus and encourages people to get up early and work, the person who managed to get up early and eat something proudly told his friends; “I defeated the Cuckoo!” He says
BIRDS IN TURKISH CULTURE-PINAR BOZKURT
Parrots are birds with curved beaks, fleshy and thick tongues, bright feathers, living in warm places and forming the order Psittaciformes. Also, some species of these birds may repeat what you say.
The stork is a large and long-legged bird from the stork family. The black wing is white apart from the feather flights, the beak and black are red in livelihoods, while in juveniles. It is a large bird, 100–115 cm long, 2.3 to 4.5 kg, wingspan 155–215 cm.