Giving meanings to words and commenting the
meanings gave way to some symbolist, mystical and
philosophical movements, which extend up to mythological
ages used to think that everything has some relations to
gods, spirits or demons, and they believed that the mystery
of some numbers were asked for help “to provide some
benevolence of some spirits, and enchants people”.
In the belief of folks from the mythological ages to the
present some numbers are loaded with special meanings. In
folk beliefs some numbers like “three”, “”four”, “five”,
“seven”, “nine” and “forty” are loaded with special meanings
and considered to be auspicious. These numbers have some
important position in Nakhchivan folk beliefs in terms of
accepting and developing attitudes have roots in
mythological ages and some have developed through various
cultures and beliefs in history.
The result of this research has revealed that
Nakhchivan folk beliefs have a great deal of common aspects
with Turkic world folk beliefs, and have a very rich source
for researchers who wish to do a research on “the
symbolism of numbers”. The numbers used in Turkic folk
narratives have common and different meanings and
function in Nakhchivan-Turkish culture.
This research aims at revealing the meanings of the
numbers “three”, “”four”, “seven” and “forty” from
mythological ages to the modern times, tracing the changes
in symbolic meanings in Nakhchivan-Turkish folk culture,
and in folk beliefs of Azerbaijani Turks living in Nakhchivan.
Giving meanings to words and commenting the
meanings gave way to some symbolist, mystical and
philosophical movements, which extend up to mythological
ages used to think that everything has some relations to
gods, spirits or demons, and they believed that the mystery
of some numbers were asked for help “to provide some
benevolence of some spirits, and enchants people”.
In the belief of folks from the mythological ages to the
present some numbers are loaded with special meanings. In
folk beliefs some numbers like “three”, “”four”, “five”,
“seven”, “nine” and “forty” are loaded with special meanings
and considered to be auspicious. These numbers have some
important position in Nakhchivan folk beliefs in terms of
accepting and developing attitudes have roots in
mythological ages and some have developed through various
cultures and beliefs in history.
The result of this research has revealed that
Nakhchivan folk beliefs have a great deal of common aspects
with Turkic world folk beliefs, and have a very rich source
for researchers who wish to do a research on “the
symbolism of numbers”. The numbers used in Turkic folk
narratives have common and different meanings and
function in Nakhchivan-Turkish culture.
This research aims at revealing the meanings of the
numbers “three”, “”four”, “seven” and “forty” from
mythological ages to the modern times, tracing the changes
in symbolic meanings in Nakhchivan-Turkish folk culture,
and in folk beliefs of Azerbaijani Turks living in Nakhchivan.
