| ID | 50 |
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| Author | Anonymous |
| Work Title | No title given by the author but the text belongs to the melhame genre |
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| Manuscripts | 136b-141b folios of a mecmua library: Süleymaniye Ktp. MS. number: Fatih 5427 no. of folios: |
| Editions | Turan, Fikret. “Halk Osmanlıcası I: Melhameler ve Bir 17. Yüzyıl Melhamesi”, Bir: Türk Dünyası İncelemeleri Dergisi; Prof. Dr. Kemal Eraslan Özel Sayısı (Festschrift), 9-10 (1998): 681-705. |
| Date | 1600-1700 |
| Content Summary | The text makes predictions and prophecies about the future based on natural events that occur on certain days and months of the year. The first day discussed in this work is the day called nevruz-ı sultani, which is considered the beginning of spring. For example, if Nevruz falls on Tuesday, according to the author of the text, there will be hostilities that year, and beys and sultans will oppress people. |
| Bibliography | Boyraz, Şeref, “Türk halkbiliminin yazılı kaynakları olarak melhemeler” (unpublished Ph.D. dissertation), Hacettepe University 2000; idem, Fal kitabı. Melhemeler ve halk kültürü, Istanbul 2006 Turan, Fikret. “Halk Osmanlıcası I: Melhameler ve Bir 17. Yüzyıl Melhamesi”, Bir: Türk Dünyası İncelemeleri Dergisi; Prof. Dr. Kemal Eraslan Özel Sayısı (Festschrift), 9-10 (1998): 681-705. |
| Categories | divination |
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| Date Added | 2024-09-19 15:57:22 |