Özet:

It is known that from prehistoric periods in the formation of religious beliefs of the various communities living in different cultural areas, life and death have a great influence. A series of understanding emerging in nature of power events, powers or beings have brought people to spiritual thoughts. It is clear that the events in nature sometimes scare people and sometimes gain admiration, but as a result, the concept of God and the other world has emerged. From the early periods of history, it has been seen that a very divine understanding of religion has dominated in various societies such as Mesopotamia, Egypt and Anatolia. The multi-divine understanding system, which is dominant in the spiritual world of societies, has time-to-time prepared the ground for the appearance of a number of beings that symbolize supernatural powers in the spiritual world of people. It is clear that these supernatural beings are sometimes depicted on various painted works as beings mixed between humans and animals, and sometimes as beings mixed between animals and animals. As a result of historical and cultural development, human-animal mixed beings, depicted in the painting art as a reflection of the multi-divine religious understanding system in different cultures such as Anatolia, Mesopotamia and Egypt, are known for the findings revealed in various archaeological mining studies. In the framework of the study, we will try to evaluate the sfenks paintings that are found between the supernatural beings of the human-animal mixture, depicted on various painted works in the art of the Hittite Empire Period. In the framework of the study, the paintings of the human head lion (sfenks) dated to the Hittite Empire period and depicted on various painted works, such as seal, seal printing and course pieces, will be tried to evaluate from an iconographic and mythological point of view. In the framework of the study, in addition to Anatolia, sfenks paintings depicted in Egypt and Mesopotamia paintings will also be tried to be assessed by dealing with.

Özet:

Since ancient times, it has been known that life and death have had a great effect on shaping of beliefs of several communities living in various cultural regions. Some events, powers and beings that are difficult to understand and their emergence in the nature have driven people into spiritual thoughts. Parallel with the fact that the events appearing in the nature have sometimes frightened people and sometimes equipped them with admiration, the concepts of god and hereafter arose in their minds, consequently. During the early periods of the history, it is possible to see that the understanding of polytheistic religious understanding was dominant in various communities such as Mesopotamia, Egypt and Anatolia. In time, the polytheistic religious understanding paved way for emergence of some beings symbolizing supernatural powers in the spiritual worlds of human. It is understood that the beforementioned supernatural powers of beings were described on some descriptive works sometimes as beings like human-animal mixture sometimes animal-animal mixture. As a result of historical and cultural development, human-animal mixture beings depicted in description art as a reflection of polytheist religious understanding in various cultures such as Anatolia, Mesopotamia and Egypt are known from the findings unearthed in various archaeological excavations. Within the context of this study, sphinx depictions of human-animal mixture depicted on several works in the art of Hittite Empire Era taking place among supernatural powers will be tried to be evaluated. Sphinx descriptions of lion with human head depicted on various depictive works such as seals, seal prints and parts of courses dated Hittite Empire Era will be tried to be evaluated in terms of iconography and mythology. The sphinx depictions depicted on the works in Egypt and Mesopotamia apart from Anatolia will also be tried to be evaluated within the context of the study.

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