Özet
TRADITION OF TYING WOLF’S MOUTH AND IT’S BASE IN RELIGION, AN EXAMPLE OF THE CITY AMASYA
The Turkish people who accepted Muslim as a new religion protected the previous beliefs in their new religion. However,they combined and reflected these previous beliefs with Islamic values. They succeded to maintain their new and previous life styles through heterodox belief way of life inwhich they created. The wolf mouth tie tradition which reflects the steppe life styles occured in the wolf motive and it is combined with the Islamic motives and it is not only seen in the Anatolia but also in all places where Turkmens were settled.This study involves the wolf mouth tie tradition and its relation with the Islam in a case study of Amasya.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Wolf mouth tie tradition, Islam, Amasya, Turkish culture, belief.