Özet:

One of the most important needs of a person after meeting his basic needs is to be able to express himself, that is, to understand. Thro history, people have tried to meet this need in various ways, such as art, objects and words, by charging them with mysterious and deep meaning that represent deeper thoughts and ideas. Culture, without a doubt, has influenced the process of self-expression. The deep meanings created by traditional world views have become more and more concrete and symbolic forms. In a sense, man has built a bridge between the material world he perceives and the spiritual world he perceives. The symbol is a bridge that connects the visible and the invisible, allowing people to express both the worlds they perceive. Animal symbolism is also a concept used to explain the significance that societies have on them through a number of characteristics that animals have. These symbolic meanings relate to the characteristics, qualities or emotions associated with a particular animal in a society's culture or mythology. These profound meanings charged with animals have been benefited in the public medicine practices as in every field of life. It is also possible to find examples of this situation in the Turkish public medicine. This article will focus on the importance of animal symbolism in Turkish folk medicine and will study the symbolic meanings of the animals used in the substrate and the impact on the practices of folk medicine. The article will provide the reader with an overview of the seven samples of animals, as it is not possible to deal with all the methods of supply related to each animal.

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