Information Package / Course Catalogue
Woman in Turkish and World Mythologies I
Course Code: KAD509
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

To examine the reflections of woman image in Turkish and world mythologies and to detect the common points of these reflections studying the international views on this subject

Course Content

To put forward how female image which is the representation of woman in Turkish and Classical Mythologyhas had a vital significance and function since the creation myths through the analysis of famous myths selected.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Ayşe Arzu KORUCU
Learning Outcomes
1.To analyze the expansion of woman image in Turkish Mythology
2.To analyze the expansion of woman image in Classical Mythology
3.3. To compare and contrast the expansion of woman image in Classical Mythology and Turkish Mythology
4.To emphasize the significance of woman image in Turkish Mythology
5.To emphasize the significance of woman image in World Mythology
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Türk Mitosları ve Anadolu Efsanelerinin İzsürümü, Zühre İndirkaş
2.Türk Mitolojisi, Necati Gültepe
3.Kibele’den Pandora’ya Kadının Tarihsel Yenilgisi, Pervin Erbil
4.Yaratılış Mitolojileri, Gönül Yonar
5.Bir Nefeste Dünya Mitolojisi, Mark Daniels
6.Yunan Mitleri, Robert Graves
7.Türk Mitosları ve Anadolu Efsanelerinin İzsürümü, Zühre İndirkaş
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The importance of Ak-Ene as a woman in Turkish cosmogony and other environmental factors symbolizing mother
Week 2 - Theoretical
The importance of Gaia, pantheon Rhea and Hera in Greek cosmogony
Week 3 - Theoretical
Creation myths in Turkish mythology
Week 4 - Theoretical
Eje image as equivalent to Havva in Turkish mythology and the concept of original sin
Week 5 - Theoretical
Equality of man and woman in Ay-Atamsaga
Week 6 - Theoretical
Pandora as the first woman in Greek mythology
Week 7 - Theoretical
Pandora as the first woman in Greek mythology
Week 8 - Theoretical
Comparision of Eje, Pandora, Havva and Lilith
Week 9 - Theoretical
The functions of male and female grey wolf image in Turkish mythology and its equivalent in Roman Mythology
Week 10 - Theoretical
Goddess Umay, Ayızıts and the importance of woman in Shamanism
Week 11 - Theoretical
Woman images representing the nature in the epic of Oghuz Khagan
Week 12 - Theoretical
Self-sacrificing woman image in Deli Dumrul and in the myth of Heracles rescuing Alcestis
Week 13 - Theoretical
Woman’s spiritual evolution in the myth of Eros and Psyche
Week 14 - Theoretical
The evolution of woman in Greek mythology from Metis to Athena and Pandora
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141356
Seminar18614
Reading50210
Midterm Examination118220
Final Examination121425
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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PÇ-8
OÇ-1
4
4
4
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5
3
4
4
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OÇ-5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026