Textile and associated apparels in mythological descriptions

Mythology intertwined with religion, arts and literature in ancient communities tended to realistically reflect social way of life in the related society, in which we could see features from necessity to wear to accessories/embroideries in the forms of the then apparels, which are understood to have been produced using raw materials and objects easily available from nature considering climatic and natural conditions first, then transformed in terms of social pleasure/esthetics, functionality and ethics of the community involved. Legends/Myths grown and handed down to following generations from olden communities inevitably brought about all sorts of apparel characteristics and theological/idol details of accessories; except for authentic examples caused by climatic variations, communities proliferated successive items in this field as well. Identification of gods with man and idolization of great human figures as gods resulted in almost all characters described in mythological works of arts wearing likewise. Textile and apparel details which we have seen in any works of art must have described what was actually popularly worn then. In addition, apparels and accessories have historically been known which are proven to have been deformed and thus enriched, becoming extraordinarily featured using imaginary idol creatures and heroes created in human minds.Keywords: accessories, ancient communities, mythology, legends, myths, textile, apparel