GİRESUN HALK KÜLTÜRÜNDE HAVA TAHMİNİNE YÖNELİK İNANIŞLAR
BELIEFS ABOUT WEATHER FORECAST IN GIRESUN FOLK CULTURE

Summary/Abstract: Folklore; It is the totality of knowledge, skills, beliefs, rituals and teachings that are transferred from generation to generation among members of society. Folklore products, which emerged as a result of thousands of years of experience, contribute to the formation of social memory. People’s beliefs about weather forecasts are among the most interesting topics of folklore. These beliefs are ancient knowledge obtained by trial-and-error method and have survived to the present day through oral transmission. When it will rain, whether the winter months will be cold or warm, whether there will be drought in the summer, which direction the wind will blow, etc. Predicting information such as this allows the public to prepare for meteorological events. Beliefs about folk meteorology, which is a result of people’s observation and interpretation of natural events, are quite common in Turkish folk culture. In this study, the beliefs of the people living in Giresun province regarding weather forecasts were chosen as the subject. In the study, beliefs about traditional weather forecasts that remain alive in oral culture were identified by using the semi-structured interview method with resource persons. It is thought that the study will contribute to Turkology research and Giresun oral culture inventor.

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