Bayburt University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
TDE4115	Mythology I	Elective	4	7	3

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

To give information about Shamanism and shamanist, ceremonies of transition to shamanism, to examine Shamanism cults (horses, deer, eagles and wolves) in Muslim Turks.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Turgay KABAK

Learning Outcomes

1	Öğrencilerin Türk mitolojisinin genel özelliklerini öğrenebilmesi.
2	Öğrencilerin, Dünyanın yaratılışı ve sonu hakkında anlatılan efsanelerin yapısını öğrenebilmesi.
3	To learn the cults of Turkish mythology (horse, deer, wolf, eagle).
4	To learn the general characteristics of Shamanism.
5

Mode of Delivery

Normal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

The place of horses, wolves, deer and eagles in Turkish mythology; general features of Shamanism, ceremonies of transition to Shamanism, shaman prays, Shamanism ruins in Muslim Turks.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Place of horse in Turkish mythology.
2	Place of wolf in Turkish mythology.
3	Place of deer in Turkish mythology.
4	Place of eagle in Turkish mythology.
5	Sky God religion and general characteristics of this religion.
6	General features of Shamanism.
7	Shamanism in history.
8	midterm exam
9	General information about Shaman (life, drums, robe, etc.).
10	Tasks undertaken by shamans (fortune telling and divination).
11	Shaman prays.
12	Stone of Yada and rain enchantments.
13	Death and the cult of the death.
14	Shamanism ruins in Muslim Turks.
15	Shamanism ruins in Muslim Turks.
16	final

Recommended or Required Reading

Kabak, T. & Köksal, F. (2021). Yazılı Kaynaklar ve Anlatılar Işığında Türk Mitolojisi. Çanakkale: Paradigma Akademi İnan, A. 2000, Tarihte ve Bugün Şamanizm, Akçağ Yay., Ankara. Ögel, B. 1998, Türk Mitolojisi I, Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı Yay., Ankara. Ögel, B. 1998, Türk Mitolojisi II, Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı Yay., Ankara. Uraz, M. 1994, Türk Mitolojisi, Adam Yay., İstanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	40	40
Final Examination	1	60	60
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8	PO 9	PO 10	PO 11	PO 12	PO 13	PO 14	PO 15
LO1								3	4	5	4	5	5	5	5
LO2								4	5	4	3	4	4	4	4
LO3
LO4
LO5

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High