Ardahan Üniversitesi İnsani Bilimler ve Edebiyat Fakültesi Belgü Dergisi

Abstract

Living a better life or a happy life is a human goal as well as a philosophical goal. The inventory of human adventure can even be told around this ultimate goal. Since archaic societies, human beings, who could not remain indifferent to those around them, what is happening, and their own way of feeling, thinking, and believing, were able to create a culture sometimes with nature and sometimes against it. Myths also fill an important gap in this table. Beyond its first meaning, myths are a manifestation of a certain life form, way of belief, world of perception and cognition. Frankly, there are almost no myths that do not touch human life as in fairy tales. If these narratives, which can be seen as the most important products of the human mind, can be understood within the aforementioned structure, they can be transformed into products that can make serious contributions to modern life. When we look at the mythologies specific to ancient societies, it is certain that myths have more critical functions in the lives of these people. Many issues that attract people's curiosity and help them overcome their anxieties, such as knowing oneself, knowing Gods, death and the aftermath, are explained through myths. For this reason, these stories, which also have a political act, push the audience, who finds themselves in the event together with the heroes, to think about issues such as justice, rights, duties, moral and political order. In addition, sometimes it can be effective on a wide plane with its critical, challenging and shocking structure. In this direction, the aim of the study is to examine the struggle that begins with oneself, social roles and characteristics, and the nature of political virtues, starting from the imaginary horizon of ancient myths.