Scary Creatures in Turkish Mythology

Just as there is Greek, Roman, Egyptian and Scandinavian mythology, Turkish mythology has been in our culture for centuries. Although not famous enough in the world, Turkish mythology, which has a rich content, is unfortunately Even among the Turks, it has not achieved the value it deserves.

You must have heard of some of the creatures you will soon see, but you can be sure that you will learn most of them for the first time. Who knows, maybe one day these creatures will be the subject of popular TV series and movies. It will undoubtedly be watched with interest.

Perhaps the most famous: The Ghoul

we it Dairy Brothers Although we have known it from the movie, it is actually an imaginary creature known among the people for generations. He is gigantic, with a long beard and a wand. Unlike the Milk Brothers, this creature actually appears in the female thicket. Its body is covered with feathers and has a foul smell. His feet are upside down. It is believed to appear on the mountain slopes in the evening.

Creature that eats after strangling the people it catches: Hınkır Munkur

This humanoid creature carries its young in a pouch in its belly. The thing he fears most pissing on It will be in your favor if you do it out of fear.

Creature that strangles sleeping humans: Enkebit

It is an entity unique to Central Anatolia. He has a hole in the middle of his right hand, and he has a golden fez on his head. The only way to get rid of it is to be able to grab the fez on his head.

It feeds on the lungs of postpartum women and newborn babies: Alkarısı

It is believed to haunt women and horses. Albasti causes mental illness. It is believed that remedies such as not leaving the puerperal woman alone, turning on the lights all the time, putting the Qur’an at her bedside, and covering her face with a red veil in order to protect herself from her infertility work. The basis of the legend goes back to Shamanism.

He collapses into the chest of the person he goes with and chokes his throat until he dies:

The person he steps on cannot move, his tongue is held and he sweats. to the one who can catch gold is believed to have. It appears as a cat in the eyes of the person it stops by.

The evil creature that takes away the child of the house in front of everyone: Wednesday’s Wife

In Turkish, it is used to mean “a woman with a messy hair and a sloppy dress”. If you start work on a Wednesday night a being believed to do evil to that house.

Famous creature of Dede Korkut stories: Tepegöz

It is the same as the cyclops in Greek mythology. He lives on Mount Qaf. Her mother is a fairy who can disguise herself as a deer; His father is a shepherd. He wears a magical ring on his finger. It does not embroider swords or arrows on its skin. His only weakness is his one eye.

Tepegöz’s sister: Demirkıynak

It is a foul-smelling creature with iron nails, iron noses. disguised, making terrible noises and It makes people go crazy. The only thing that this forest-dwelling creature fears is water.

Ugly, superhuman, sometimes giant beings with multiple heads: Emegens

They give birth to more than a hundred children every three months. It is told in Caucasian legends, it is known among Circassians. They are shown as the source of all evil in the world.

Evil forest elf: Arçura

He has four red eyes, two in the front and two in the back, three arms and three legs. This creature, whose body is covered with long hair, laughs and tickles people. kills with laughter. It is also known for shape-shifting.

The road demon that haunts solo travelers: Azmiç

He calls people with the voice of someone who knows him. Those who turn and answer will come under Azmiç’s command. Azmiç makes these people fall from rocks, mountains and cliffs.

Massive underground snakes: Abra and Yutpa

They live in the underground sea called Tengiz. They have forked tails and four legs. Its eyes are bright copper colored. His feet are red. They can swallow an elephant in one bite.

Two dragons against each other: Bükrek and Sangal

Bukrek, has good qualities. It cannot fly because it has no wings. It lives in the great sea that connects all the seas. His voice can be heard from the other side of the world.

sangal, has bad qualities. It descends to the earth once every thousand years. His war with Bükrek lasted for 9 years and was finally defeated.

Dog-headed humanoid creatures: Itbaraks

The Turks are constantly at war, They are creatures living in the northwest of the Turks at that time. Oguz Khan made a raid against the Itbaraks; but he was defeated and had to take shelter on a small island in the middle of a river between the mountains.

Nightmare demon seen in Harput regions: Kamos

It is a formless being. Sometimes large, sometimes dwarf-looking. He sends fear and nightmares to people. It collapses with all its weight on people who sleep alone; catches people asleep and causes them to be distorted and takes their souls. He is afraid of the sunlight, cannot move when the sun comes up.

Creatures that are defined as snakes below the waist and human above, and who can cure people’s problems: Marans

They are intelligent and benevolent creatures that live underground. It is believed that the soul of the Marans passed on to his daughter when he died, who never grew old. BasiliskThey do not know yet that he was killed by people. It is said that when they hear it, they will leave the Land of Maran and raze the cities to the ground.

Kills the person it hits: Bogeyman

It lives in crowded places. Their heads are large, their bodies are covered with feathers, their feet are upside down. During the winter, they enter the houses to warm themselves and eat. When it hits leaves bruises on the body.

Giant creature that can eat the sun and the moon: Yelbegenler

They are black or yellow in color. They are human-shaped. They have many heads. Cause of solar and lunar eclipseIt is thought that the Yelbegens eat these celestial bodies. There are different types with big ears, big teeth and big mouths. They are also known to eat humans.