Information Package / Course Catalogue
Woman in Turkish and World Mythologies II
Course Code: KAD510
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 archaic mythologies across the world, particularly in classical mythology, 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 Mythology and archaic mythologies of the world has 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.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, by Zühre İndirkaş
2.Türk Mitolojisi, Necati Gültepe
3.Kibele’den Pandora’ya Kadının Tarihsel Yenilgisi, by Pervin Erbil
5.Yaratılış Mitolojileri, by Gönül Yonar
6.Bir Nefeste Dünya Mitolojisi, Mark Daniels
7.Yunan Mitleri, Robert Graves
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Uncanny and strong woman image in Greek Mythology: Medusa and Medeia
Week 2 - Theoretical
Uncanny and strong woman images in Korkut Ata, Basat and Tepegöz and Beowulf: Amankız, PeriKızı and Grendel’s mother
Week 3 - Theoretical
Early female images in cosmogonies of various world mythologies
Week 4 - Theoretical
Mortal female images in the myths of various world mythologies
Week 5 - Theoretical
Demeter in classical mythology and her equivalent in other mythologies
Week 6 - Theoretical
Persephone and recreation myths
Week 7 - Theoretical
Demeter and figures of Great Mother
Week 8 - Theoretical
Comparison of Aphrodite, Iştar, Inanna and Isis
Week 9 - Theoretical
Female images in Norse Mythology
Week 10 - Theoretical
The influence of the myth of woman’s creation in Sumerian Mythology on world mythologies
Week 11 - Theoretical
The view on woman in Hebrew texts
Week 12 - Theoretical
Woman figures in Trojan War
Week 13 - Theoretical
Analyzing the myths and narratives of fatherless genesis
Week 14 - Theoretical
Strong woman image throughout the history and its equivalents in myths
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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OÇ-1
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5
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026