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Narrator:
8'
Story
1350 (15169 Tape
5)
Unidentified
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Location:
-
Date:
Canak<;1 village,
Siran kaza, Gumu$bane Province
Augu~t
C'Dllected
The Persecuted
goes to
Flocks
are cont:rolled
The jug
That's
is
those
his
the
and in
wifE~ became
that
stepmother
WclY the
to
their
your
daughter~i
"Alas,
like
father,
carne to
her
"Oh,
disappear
Wj.fe,
from
woman meant what she said,
her
wish
carrj,ed
one morning
ca~lled
out.
his
the
them;
vineyard
andlthat
is
1
life
who ~ad~h~d~~~
the ~an married
again,
have alsteprnother.
~~~~~~rt,
Husband,
how could
who work the hardest;
go,
and died,
girls
dicL not
said
ill
""'1R
1..9'f.-
by ~hose who herd
There were once a man and wife
After
Saim Sakao(jlu
)y
sister
1flho visits!
how thinc;Js
1969
by Dr.
YI:)uggest
Wealth
male
and one
do scl>mething
day
to
s]
make
IllY sight."
I do such
But the
a thing?"
and she was determined
Helples~~ in this
daughteJ:'s
togetheJ!;
to have
situation,
the man
and
"Girls,
said,
IThis mo:r'alistic
verse is atypical
qf introductions
to
Turkish tales.
The conventional
beginni~g
is a nonsensical
jingle
known
a.s a tekerleme.
bundles.
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us go to
started
for
girls
the forest
ropes
When the:if
tie
After
them
'llp in
forest,
the
the
cut
wood into
man cut
wood into
began to stack
of
the
right
these
size
grew thirsty,
So they
an axe and the
to tie
to
and they
we are very thirsty.
together
be carried
said
to the
Where can we find
some
drin:k.?"
The man said,
this
the
bundles
the girls
"Father,
to
which
and the girls
a while
water
with
reached
lengths,
some wood today."
the man carrying
t:he forest,
carryiw~
short
and cut
way and that
benea th
a larlge
"You will
way,
go along
and then
I shall
tree.
yonder
you will
path,
turning
come to a fountain
finish
cutting
w'e be able
to
the wood while
are gone
"But,
Father,
how shall
find
you when
we return?"
pipe
"As I move along
cutting
on one pine
after
tree
wood,
I shall
an.other,
and it
a~,
~
sound as the wind swings it
Listen
for
the ~,
"All
the
right,"
fountain
~
said
in order
and YCIUwill
the giI'ls,
to drink:
keep hanging
will
against
know where
and they
some water.
my
keep making
these trees.
I am."
went and found
As soon as they
1
~
them.
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had left,
the:ir
the girls
had had enough to drink,
place
where
Is
thley
to
tr:y
knowing
which
who rids
find
their
way to go,
they
hi.mself
for
the
father
himself
of
the
again
daughters."
forest.
one of
to whetrever
day they
behind
and over
some time,
of
selected
it
tree,
had been left
way out
and began following
Toward the end of
their
the
going~,
that
and say over
and cried
to
pipe
reached
they
cry
returned
father's
but
that
had cried
to
they
their
began to
"the father
decided
forest
they
After
axe and went home.
there,
Realizing
in the forest,
his
When they
J?ipe hanging
had disappeared.
the
hear
tJrle pine tree.
saw his
After
took
t]~ey could
against
they
father
emerged
the
it
they
Not
paths
might
in
lead
from the for'
2There are two Moslem pra.yers that take place during
what most people would call ev'ening:
Yatsl., which occurs a
sunset,
and Ak~am, which comes: a couple of hours later.
The
word ak~am means-evening,
and so if the reference
here is
taken-rIterally
as the Ak~am F'rayer,
the plain would be dar .
Since they are able to see the~ trapdoor
and see their
way
down the
stairs,
the
prayer
may have been the earlier
se~rvice
~~.
refe,rred
to
passingly
'\
point.
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up this
stone,
leading
down into
the earth.
of this
stair'Nay,
they
different
there
they
foods--all
subterranean
not
to the
from
t::rypt
:in the
surface
of
the
quickly
outside
with
rid
shee]? the
the monkey.
powered
hot oven,
sight.
entered
next
day,
a house
the house,
After
a flock
they
~key,
of
sheep
could
see
and so th~
the
sheep in
the girls
threw
Thenl the
a
slept
had departed
tha~ night,
and
girls
had returned
made a plan
house
way.
bpt
the
the
was a(~~~ke~
thelmonkey
the girls
the
at this
that
which
The monkey put
When he returned
him in that
story
they
enoug~,
of this
of
nor(i1~3
by a(~~~fr~who
night.
bottom
many plates
o~ the
heard
close
led
the
fO dessert--but
After
they
much afraid
that
of
light.:..!
got
stairway
one m~y conclude
cellar
him w]:len he entered
kil:1ing
--,
-
set with
control
follows,
the plain,
f:rom his
in hiding
the
of
what
fading
were very
shed and he h:imself
reached
human be~ng
lost
c3.nd when it
hid
a table
neither
shee]? were being
The girls
was a long
When they
was the
seen
approaching,
it
the way from bread
has clearly
JudgiJilg
beneath
found
was no I:>ne there,
{The narrator
that
saw that
to get
they
him
over-
into
the
house and
3The word il:EE- suggests two very dibferent
kinds ofsupernatural4::reat
The first
is tht huge supernatural
being who comes forth
from a bottle
or appears in response
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everything
the
in it,
three
around
lived
SIDnof
and when evening
the girls.
inside
for
some time,
to
in
he saw the lights
that
area,
inside
the windows,
to what the three
work-
every evening.
went hunting
Going up to one of
son of
from
sister
of
jus't
so large
the
that
said,
the padi~ah,
girls
the
house
he looked
were talking
"If
I
I were ever
should
to be the wife
cook him forty
pots
of
one egg."
The middle
wife
belonged
as they crocheted.
the
food
of sheep,
comifortably
the padi9ah
arrived,
The oldest
of
there
and listened
about
flock
th,e house by day and crocheting
One day the
of
as the
girls.
The girls
ing
as well
sister
then said,
S4:>nof
the
padi9ah,
all
of his
"If
I were ever
I would
soldiers
to be the
make a rug
could
sit
for
upon just
him
one
side of it."
When it
"If
I were
1flas the
ev~~r to
turn
be the
of
wife
the
of
youngest
the
sister,
son of
the
she
said
padi9ah,
I
to some signal,
such as the rubbing
of a magic lamp or ring.
This creature
then proceeds
to give the caller
supernatural
or magic aid 'to achieve
what. he wishes.
The other
kind of
J~nn ~s never seen.
It ~s a sp~r~tual
some Sufi belief
and in other mystical
force referred
systems.
to
~n
joking!
deceit.
sisters.
~
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so large
that
all
of
my soldiers
could
sit
on just
one side
of it."
midd:le
sister
answered,
"Of course
I was only
How c~ould anyone make such a huge rug?"
he heard this
at once and refused
middle
sister..
same time
:Eor his
led
was ma]:-ried
to the nu]?tial
to
become my wife,
a daughter
"Yes,
if
it
is
you would bear
wi 1:h tight
golden
I J:-emember that
the
'viII
of
and reported
time
three
youngest
to her,
"Remem-
you were ever
and I
Everything
golden
with
this
and then
minutes',4
4Biology
to the contrary
scheme for human gestation
intend
is
to
bangs and
as his wife.
In
-=.
keep
it
and he
a:shbrt
time
-~
after~~~~nths,
nine
she gave birth
notwithstanding,
in Turkish
to
in His hands."
answer,
C~:.
£.~~~;~~~~~:~~e
the
When she was
said
if
her
the
me a son with
pro:mise,
welcomed the ~roungest sister
she became prE~gnant,
of
padisah.
that
the
to make
celebration,
the
room
cl1rls."
Allah.
The prin(~e was pleased
father
the prince
You once said
the
to do with
to the youngest
son of
chamber,
her your prorn:Lse.
father
wedding
the
left
further
he asked his
marriage
AftE~r the third
sister
the prince
to have anything
He went to his
At the
arrangements
response,
days,
to two
this
folktales.
is
the
Now,
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beautiful
wi th
chi:ldren:
tight
go:lden
a son with
sisters-
grew very wo~~i~;~~ut
said
rejected
living
cast
to
the
their
middle
us a:3 his wives,
comfor1tably
us out
in
the
OJr perhaps
with
our sister."
to
them
:Ln this
The witch
childbirth
took
put
to the
wife
pl1ppies.
son of
has given
he has allowed
palace.
they
The oldest
"Even though
the prince
us to continue
however,
They decided
he may
while
to hire
two newborn puppies
and took
---,
he lives
a(~~~=~~
She then
them to the
When no one was looking,
from the cradle
the padisah
birth
this,
matter
two (~hildren
two
about
own welfare.
sisterr:,
room in the palace.
the
the
got
heard
even send us to prison
happily
help
bangs and a daughter
curls.
When th~c.::Jf~l~er
sister
golden
and in their
had the two older
and announce,
to two puppies."
place
sisters
"Our prince,
she
she
go
YOU!;
\
5In Turk:Lsh folktales
the word witch has various
con-notations.
I1t. may be a person associated
with cosmic evil.
It may be a person with supernatural
powers who mayor
may
not also be a ghoul.
with or without
supernatural
powers,
it may be an old woman available
for hire to undertake
nefarious
deeds of various kinds.
In this
latest
capacity,
she may be simply a shrewd, wily,
and unscrupulous
accomplic
in covert
act:Lon against someone.
That seems to be the
case in this 'tale.
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When the prince
~
~~"J,
~
his men, "Go .~nd bury my wife
two puppies
~,9,
she bore
presence
and c::arried
turn
attention
our
-"
.
r.}:"':sf ~
box,
took
and thre~.,
the
the river
unt:LI
between
to his wife,
)q
~r
mill,
~
turning.
..,)Io::t-
out
it
You hold
the
and see what has happened."
carried
it
They were
the
in1:o
the
grecitly
box the
wi th
two of
tight
fifteen
their
us now
ca'Llsed the
floated
down
became caught
that
ran the
waterwheel
to
D:)r me, and I shall
found
stop
climb
the
down
box
He removed the box
bu,t very
goldl~n
a
The~~:~said
wherl~ he and his
bclby boy with
wife
pleased
bangs
opened
to
and the
see
baby
it
inside
girl
goJLden curls.
The miller
as if
it
the waterwheel
T:he miller
surprised
his
them inside
The box
There
the paddles.
mill,
and throw
Let
put
to stop turning.
light
of
babies
th,e river.
of
several
Those men left
two children,
has
to
exactly.
carne to a~91.
"Something
jammed between
orders
twin
into
the wheel
he said
up to her waist
his
those
box
news,
the river."
two o:E the paddles
causing
Ml\ (~I/
into
to the
The witch
"""--'"
~y
heard this
they
had been their
years
foster
and his
of age,
parents.
w:ife
own.
these
After
reared
the
By the time
two children
t]t1e miller
children
they
had lost
and his
reached
both
wife
of
had
Later,
are.
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both died,
tight
the
golden
(~urls
at the palace
the boy's
boy with
of
father,
other,
and
prince
saw hi!3
he was
strong:Ly
strongly
drawn
knowing
but
the fath,er
they
her
again
wi1:h those
If
that
what
these
said,
the padi~ah
son did
not
was
recogto
when the
tight
h,er also.
golden
In fact,
to
should
p]:-ince
youngeJ':
They decided
marry
curls,
he was so
her,
to
from
his
h,e would
not
the
situation
all
who they
their
becomes
own welfare.
too
who they
certainly
really
punish
us
"We must do something
to
that
they
,of our
secret
same(ritc~
are
the
will
who had helped
"'before.
found this
to
well
family.
learning
or
about
he may learn
answered,
They finally
the:Lr
'worry
recognized
th,e prince
happen,
sister,
1:0 hire
to
children,
we hcive done
the
children
"If
The midd:Le sister
explained
The boy worked
str~¥~racted
with
he 'wanted
began
acquainted
our
with
golod friends.
to
that
clunts of
si!;ter
of
and the
the girl
attracted
to
the house.
h'Dwever,
became
daughter,
and the)(
prevent
in
The son of
They were,
The oldest
for
alone
sister
who she was
But the
were,
lived
bangs and his
the padisah.
nize each other.
each
golden
her.
old woman again,
children
be exposed.
them
and they
.
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you bring
her'~ the most beautiful
my companion.
this
me my horse,"
which
horse
could
said
run faster
wal3 brought
Ya~~~ r.
to him,
and rode
a~rra.;;
hors
-
the boy.
than
6:~=~~!
~
man riding
in
the world
to be
11
"Bring
horse
girl
He had a marvelous
a bird
could
fly.
shouted,~
he mounted it,
off.
After
7 and hie shouted
a while
to
When
"Ya
he met a
him,
~a-mtinft:l:eyJd~
II
"~.!~
~~
II8 answered
--
6This
in a time
next
to
is
the
traditional
of (~risis.
Allahl,
1Nay of
One more often
HJ.zJ.r is
Once a wclter
the man.
deity
the
most
and
fe:r-tility
He then said,
calling
for
appeals
to Allah,
likely
source
god--and
"My
divine
of
still
help
but
emergencyaid.
both
those figures
to most farmers in southern Turkey--H1z1r
is
more widely known now as a gra:rlter of wishes,
a last-minute
rescuer
from disaster,
and a slpecial messenger and agent of
God.
In these latter
three fu:rlctions
he appears fairly
frequently
in Tu],:kish folktales.
Not mentioned by name in the
Koran,
a chap1:er
of
that
work
1/las later
is assumed to be the person instructing
XVIII of the lCoran, where he is referred
"our servant."
7H1Z1r,
:Like many a Turkish
hero,
named after
him.
Moses in Chapter
to by God simply
rides
a gray horse.
8~'leYkiim/AleYkiimse~--traditional
exchange of
greetings
bet"een Moslems not 'llell acquainted
with eachother.
It means roughly ~"ace
be unto you/And may peace
be unto you t(~.
If Selamiinal'~
is not responded to, the
speaker should be wary of the ,one so addressed.
He
as
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poor boy,
you are under
understand
th,~t and I also
:Let me tell
going upon.
The most beau"tiful
girl,
~.f
J
assistanc::e
to secure
"1-
rescue
hot water
f 1°'.,5.
far
Jr:
l.--IL
trap
roots
of
that
tree
it
aside
yourself
into
the
promises
not
1:0 kill
of
hiding;-
her breast."
9This
plain
and escape
well
that
but
first
a well
well
the
which
have to
Dig all
loosened
e.3.t you.
t~) her
giantess
has
has fallen
around
the
enough so that
from beneath
you and
from which
She has been lying
it.
a:rld hide
rush
a fairy
assistance.
is
tree
shaft
you must
is
special
there
be:rleath
is
time
goal
own
by a great
it
I
you are now
your
you will
seven :'fears.
until
but
by a certain(i!~~:~~
of her
her
for
at this
giantess,
to the ground
in grea1: pain
can throw
that
on this
enou~Jh to
a witch,
the quest
her without
At the mouth of
there
ut
capture
can be provided
along
been pinned
over
understand
from a difficulty
"Farther
of
in the world
the help of
her
influence
you how to accomplish
girl
and you cannot
This
the
Then throw
it.
there
until
As soon
and suck
she
she
(::
as you come
some milk
from
It
just
9
is
the
concept
of
m:ilk
siblings.
is
not
a convention
of the folktale
bl1t of Turkish
real life
as
well.
Nursin~r mothers sometimes nurse each other's
infant
briefly
is
in
thought
orcler
to
to create
establish
"this
milk
a bond no"t only
relationship.
between
This
the sucklings
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The boy ~vith the golden
Afi:.er
the weight
catch
of
he had
the tree,
him and kill
he had been told
Then she said"
great
pain
none of
directed.
and
him,
-~
for
self
want to eat you."
beneath
one of
not
of
I have
harm you."
from the well
She then picked
but
while.
they
him for
there
him
what
she said
It
see you,
The golden-banged
the breasts
in
Wherever
thanked
a short
as
a way to release
boy rushed
my seven sons to come home, and if
at first
shaft,
Although
tree.
the giantess.
again
to
seven years
and I shall
the
from
in an effort
find
They went to her house,
yol1rself
pain
now you have done so.
c:ome out of hiding,
of
acute
had eased greatly.
and~~~~~~~~~~)yesl0
he had done.
"Hide
that
them could
but
as the man had
in the well
I spent
of
she even saw him,
up carefully
around
her pain
the weight
and suc~~~_~ast
KISr;~
until
just
woman in
The boy hid
"Oh, human being,
me from my su:Efering,
Before
the
she looked
to do,
sons,
you are now,
freed
him.
beneath
seven giant
bangs did
is
time
to
for
they will
boy hid
him-
the giantess.
but also betw~~en their
families.
It is not as strong
a bond
as a family
0:[' clan tie,
but it is one more way of gaining
a
meaningful
alliance,
a special
kind of strong
friendship.
10Kissinl~
of the eyes
gesture
of affection
often
children.
(actually,
(but not
the eyelids)
is a
always)
extended
to
"Son,
~~.:i:E!L
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When her
smell
or
sons
arr i ved hom~=, they
human fJ.esh.
there
was
one
There is
here
no, Sons,"
be doing
But
noses
an isolated
her
EiOns did
do not
].ie,
The giant:ess
being
did
leased
had
then
me for
Mother,"
brothers
but
After
believe
human being
great
A human
who re-
pain
that
He sucked my breast,
they answered.
and
that
"We were once seven
eight.
seven giants
from me anything
my sons.
harm him.
I:LOWwe are
the
human flesh."
cind from the
yeaJ':s.
"Our
They said,
well,
wa~3 that
the! golden-banged
of
her.
1:hey smel].
tree
any human being
this:'"
""ery
it
seven
I do not want you to
:Like
said,
me from the great
here somewhere,
"What would
and
and
we
1'1
place
Mother,
come! here,
tormented
mother
earlier.
not
"Mother,
a human being
she said.
in
scl.id,
boy came out
said
to him,
from
hiding,
the
you may wish
you want
is to take home ",i th me the\:~~~~autiful
-~
~~~-~~~=~~.Y)
"Alas,
pclor boy,
evil
person
or you would
task,
but
I shall
help
you are under
not
you."
the
influence
bE~undertaking
~)aying
this,
of
some
such a difficult
she went
out
to
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garden
and picked
three
The goldE~n-banged
palace
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~v{
of
roses
boy and the giantess
the most beauti.ful
girl
outside
voice
here
that
from
for
that,
from
palace
stood
wi thin
1~
horse,
horse
sclid
into
by touching
and all
said,
rows and rows of
"Ch,
me, t:hen turn
into stone.
.-stone.
.!!~1~~me
in~;ide
the boy's
now turn
~J.A
the world.
went to
the
Everywhere
r--~
When 1:he golden-banged
~ ,-j;;1J;
~
in
then
turned
into
nOh,
I~ut the giantess
aJ.l of the
rE!stored
to
The boy t:hen said,
wj. th me,
everything
heavy
The giant:ess
then
and my work ends here.
time
if
the
the
you
want
boy himself
fairy
me,
turned
girl's
spell
from her garden~
boy and his
cigain.
" 0h, ~~~lf-U~.!.!:~~
he
you aJ':e my destiny."
thai:
was light
prepaJ':ed
said,
come
Then the voice
~.,ith the roses
flesh
for
they
stone.
the golden-banged
from her palace
in ValUE! I and
you have
a
As soon as she said
broke
stones
including
if
hl1man being,
And thi:~
into
on the door,
h1lInan being,
stone!"
stone!"
of them,
were
boy knocked
into
again,
men turned
to
":[ have
I shal:L
They took
in weight
but
depart.
done
now return
what
I
can
home to
for
you,
my seven
sons."
The goldE~n-banged
boy and the most beautiful
girl
in
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the world
his
sister
curls
wa:Lted for
was glad
dismayed
the
then went to his
at
witch,
return,
them.
to see them,
seeing
their
thE~Y said,
but
he did!
The OldC~
place
said,
their
house and knocked
curls
started
1:0 the
abou1: the
witch
\J
and turned
tha t broom
in 1:0 the
Then the
curls,
her
fairy
were
boy could
not
do now?"
I shall
with
send him off
tight
golden
curls
were sitting
in
woman came to the door of
The girl
but
with
tight
the world
herself.
Although
the
beauty
into
'world
beauty
golden
stopped
no one had
already
the door quickly,
knew all,/
she struck
a bathroom broom.
She then
the
threw
bathroom.
girl
"Go and invite
and such a stJceet there
to the waist.
that
in the world
Opening
abou t tha t WOItlan.
girl
on it.
witch,
aunts
is no return."
the door,
door
golden
Going at once to
wait!
The witch
toward
house where
tight
two evil
'we to
"Wait,
girl
home ta:Lking.
the
with
us that
day the
their
her
but
What are
and the most beautiful
and went
The girl
"You told
following
and to the
nephe'w again.
from which there
On the
told
country
said
to the
the padisah
is
girl
here for
with
and bring
her
golden
On such
dinner.
a woman who has long
Have her dug out,
tight
been buried
here
for
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They were the ones who caused
The padi~?ah was at
this
news,
~
he 1:.ook appropriate
sisters
celebration
for
After
and forty
had all
executed.
his
this
nights,
of their
may we also
of this
,quite
bu1:. when he understlDod
happened,
older
first
all
pain."
bewildered
everything
,action.
by all
that
the bride
wishes
had lasted
girl
forty
and groom were married.
fulfilled,
have our wishes
for
fulfilled.
and,
if
two evil
a wedding
son and thl~ most beautiful
celebration
had
He had the
Then :he had prepared
of
Allah
in
the
days
They
is willing,