Abstract:

Overcoming human fears of sickness, helplessness and loneliness on the basis of folk beliefs and practices. However, there is the idea of ​​taking refuge in the sacred, seeking help from those who are attributed with holiness, and eliminating the harms of evil forces. In this study, which deals with the evaluation of folk beliefs about birth in the Uluova region of Elazig in terms of the History of Religions, it has been tried to determine how some beliefs and practices that emerged especially before, during and after birth were lived and kept alive among the people. While the folk beliefs in question are discussed in terms of the History of Religions; The data obtained by using descriptive, historical, phenomenological and comparative methods as well as field research, observation and interview techniques were evaluated objectively. As a matter of fact, birth, which is the beginning stage of human life, has an important place among the transition periods. As with every transitional period, beliefs and practices related to birth also have some unique characteristics. In this context, the beliefs, traditions, customs, rituals, religious and magical practices related to birth in the Uluova region have been tried to be discussed with their similarities and differences.

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